Expert-driven semi-automated geomorphological mapping for a mountainous area using a laser DTM

Geomorphology

Volumn 78, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 309-320

  van Asselen, S ^a   Seijmonsbergen, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Geomorphological mapping; Laser DTM; Mountainous area; Object oriented classification

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; LASER METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SLOPE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRACE;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33746928008     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.01.037     Document Type: Article

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