A new method of surface modeling and its application to DEM construction

Geomorphology

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 161-172

  Yue, Tian Xiang ^a,b   Du, Zhen Ping ^a   Song, Dun Jiang ^a   Gong, Yun ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^c XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model; Error analysis; Fundamental theorem of surfaces; Numerical test; Surface modeling

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COAL MINE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ERROR ANALYSIS; GIS; INTERPOLATION; INVERSE ANALYSIS; KRIGING; TRIANGULATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHAANXI;

EID: 34548324795     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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