Taxonomy of slope positions and quantification of their spatial distribution information

Wuhan Daxue Xuebao (Xinxi Kexue Ban)/ Geomatics and Information Science of Wuhan University

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 374-377

  Qin, Chengzhi ^a   Zhu, Axing ^a,b   Li, Baolin ^a   Pei, Tao ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Grid DEM; Similarity; Slope position; Spatial gradation; Typical location

Indexed keywords

GRID DEM; SIMILARITY; SLOPE POSITION; SPATIAL GRADATION; TYPICAL LOCATION;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LOCATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURVEYING; TAXONOMIES; TRACKING RADAR;

FUZZY INFERENCE;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; INFORMATION SYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLOPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 63549129901     PISSN: 16718860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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