Analysis of geophysical networks derived from multiscale digital elevation models: A morphological approach

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 399-403

  Tay, Lea Tien ^a,b   Sagar, B S Daya ^a,b   Chuah, Hean Teik ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Malaysia)

^b MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Channel and ridge networks; Digital elevation model (DEM); Fractal dimension; Morphology; Multiscaling

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL AND RIDGE NETWORKS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM); FRACTAL DIMENSION; MULTISCALING;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; TOPOLOGY;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 27744460802     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2005.856008     Document Type: Article

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