Mapping of sub-watersheds from digital elevation model: A morphological approach

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 269-274

  Chockalingam, L ^a   Sagar, B S Daya ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model; Mathematical morphology; Topological networks; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TOPOLOGY;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; TOPOLOGICAL NETWORKS;

MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0038060633     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218001403002320     Document Type: Article

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