GIS approach to scale issues of perimeter-based shape indices for drainage basins;Approche par SIG des problèmes d'échelle des indices de forme des bassins versants basés sur le périmètre

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 931-942

  Bárdossy, Andras ^a   Schmidt, Fridjof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compactness index; Drainage basin morphometry; Fractal dimension; Fractal geometry; Scale dependency; Shape indices; Symmetric difference

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FRACTALS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

SHAPE INDICES;

HYDROLOGY;

DRAINAGE BASIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; SHAPE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036899545     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626660209493001     Document Type: Article

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