Automated catena-based discretization of landscapes for the derivation of hydrological modelling units

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-132

  Francke, T ^a   Guntner A ^b   Mamede, G ^a   Muller E N ^a   Bronstert, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automated discretization; Catena; Landscape unit; Semi distributed modelling; Terrain classification

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CATCHMENT; CATENA; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; GIS; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DATA; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION COVER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 40549140414     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658810701300873     Document Type: Article

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