Analysis of errors of derived slope and aspect related to DEM data properties

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 369-378

  Zhou, Qiming ^a   Liu, Xuejun ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Changsha Commun Univ   (China)

Author keywords

Aspect; Digital terrain analysis; Digital terrain model; Error assessment; Slope

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM); RASTER DATA STRUCTURE;

DATA STRUCTURES;

ALGORITHM; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; ERROR ANALYSIS; RASTER; SLOPE;

EID: 2442661556     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2003.07.005     Document Type: Article

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