Effects of DEM resolution on the calculation of topographical indices: TWI and its components

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 347, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 79-89

  Sørensen, Rasmus ^a   Seibert, Jan ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DEM; Grid size; LIDAR; Resolution; Topographic wetness index; TWI

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM); GRID SIZE; TOPOGRAPHIC WETNESS INDEX (TWI);

SURFACE ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; INDEX METHOD; INTERPOLATION; LIDAR; PIXEL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EID: 35948932226     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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