Assessment of Digital Elevation Model (DEM) aggregation methods for hydrological modeling: Lake Chad basin, Africa

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1661-1670

  Le Coz, Mathieu ^a   Delclaux, François ^a   Genthon, Pierre ^b   Favreau, Guillaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b IRD ^*  (Niger)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Digital Elevation Model; Hydrological model; Lake Chad; SRTM; THMB

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; SRTM; THMB;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; DRAINAGE; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; SIMULATORS; TRACKING RADAR; WATER; WELLS;

SURVEYING;

ALGORITHM; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SMOOTHING; WATER BUDGET;

AFRICA; LAKE CHAD; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 67650696600     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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