A revised automated proximity and conformity analysis method to compare predicted and observed spatial boundaries of geologic phenomena

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1806-1814

  Li, Yingkui ^a   Napieralski, Jacob ^b   Harbor, Jon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformity; GIS; Glacial geomorphology; Ice sheet model; Proximity; R APCA

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; AUTOMATION; EARTH SCIENCES; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GLACIERS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; ICE; STANDARDS;

AUTOMATED PROXIMITY AND CONFORMITY ANALYSIS; CONFORMITY; FIELD BOUNDARIES; FIELD DATA; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GEOSCIENCE; GEOSCIENCES; GIS; GLACIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; ICE SHEET MODEL; ICE SHEET MODELLING; ICE SHEETS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MASS MOVEMENT; MODEL PREDICTIONS; PROXIMITY; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; R-APCA; STANDARD DEVIATION; USER INTERVENTION;

MODAL ANALYSIS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA PROCESSING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; ICE MARGIN; ICE SHEET; LANDSCAPE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MODEL VALIDATION; MORAINE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; FENNOSCANDIA;

EID: 52049122351     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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