Size does matter: Relationships between image pixel size and landscape process scales

MODSIM05 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1430-1436

  Pain, C F ^a  

^a c/o Geoscience Australia ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Digital elevation models; Image pixel size; Landscape processes

Indexed keywords

ATTRIBUTE VALUES; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOMORPHIC ANALYSIS; GROUND SURFACES; GROUND SURVEYS; HYDROLOGICAL PROPERTIES; IMAGE PIXELS; LAND SURFACE; LAND-SURFACE PROCESS; LANDSCAPE PROCESSES; MODAL VALUES; PIXEL RESOLUTION; RASTER IMAGE; SLOPE ANGLES; SLOPE FORM; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STUDY AREAS; SUDDEN CHANGE; SURFACE PROCESS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PIXELS; SURFACES; SURVEYS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 70349435946     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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