Modelling the spatial distribution of DEM error

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 521-540

  Carlisle, Bruce H ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS; SURVEYING;

ANALYTICAL APPLICATIONS; DEM ACCURACY; ERROR VALUES; MORPHOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS; REGRESSION MODELLING; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERRORS; SINGLE-VALUE; SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED MODELING; STANDARD DEVIATION; UNCERTAINTY;

ERRORS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745231180     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: 14679671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2005.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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