Defining a hierarchy of spatial entities for environmental analysis and modeling using digital elevation models (DEMs)

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 175-200

  MacMillan, R A ^a   Jones, R Keith ^b   McNabb, David H ^c  

^a LandMapper Environmental Solutions   (Canada)

^b R Keith Jones and Associates   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automated landform classification; Digital elevation models; Landscape hierarchies

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL RESOURCES;

ECOLOGICAL MAPS; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS;

URBAN PLANNING;

CLASSIFICATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; LANDSCAPE; MODELING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1642308177     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-9715(03)00019-X     Document Type: Article

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