Derivation of terrain roughness indicators via granulometries

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 3901-3910

  Tay, L T ^a   Daya Sagar, B S ^a   Chuah, H T ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WATERSHEDS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS; GRANULOMETRIC ANALYSIS; TERRAIN ROUGHNESS;

REMOTE SENSING;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GRANULOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 27744495374     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160500165880     Document Type: Article

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