Quantification of spatial gradation of slope positions

Geomorphology

Volumn 110, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 152-161

  Qin, Cheng Zhi ^a   Zhu, A Xing ^a,b   Shi, Xun ^c   Li, Bao Lin ^a   Pei, Tao ^a   Zhou, Cheng Hu ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy membership; Grid DEM; Prototype; Similarity; Slope position; Spatial gradation

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL MAPPING; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TERRAIN;

EID: 67651121710     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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