The effect of DEM raster resolution on first order, second order and compound terrain derivatives

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-111

  Kienzle, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SURVEYING;

ALBERTA; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FIRST ORDER; GRID CELL SIZE; GRID RESOLUTION; INTERPOLATION METHOD; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SECOND ORDERS; SLOPE ASPECT; SLOPE PROFILE;

INTERPOLATION;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; INTERPOLATION; RASTER; RESOLUTION; TERRAIN;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0842344542     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2004.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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