Digital elevation accuracy and grid cell size: Effects on estimated terrain attributes

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1371-1380

  Erskine, Robert H ^a   Green, Timothy R ^a   Ramirez, Jorge A ^b   MacDonald, Lee H ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS (DEM); GRID CELL SIZE;

AGRICULTURE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATELLITES;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATELLITES;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DGPS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; ELEVATION; WHEAT;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34447526442     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2005.0142     Document Type: Article

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