Assessing effects of digital elevation model resolutions on soil-landscape correlations in a hilly area

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 209-216

  Wu, Wei ^a,b   Fan, Yan ^a,b   Wang, Zhengyin ^a,b   Liu, Hongbin ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Key Laboratory of Digital Agriculture   (China)

Author keywords

DEM; Hilly area; Resolution; Soil properties; Topography

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELEVATION; HILL; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 42049088941     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.01.026     Document Type: Article

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