The implications of data selection for regional erosion and sediment yield modelling

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1994-2007

  de Vente, Joris ^a,b   Poesen, Jean ^a   Govers, Gerard ^a   Boix Fayos, Carolina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

ASTER; CORINE; Land cover; Resolution; Soil erosion; SRTM; Topography

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; ACCURATE PREDICTION; ASTER IMAGE; CATCHMENT SCALE; CORINE; CORINE LAND COVER; DATA SELECTION; DATA SETS; DERIVED DATA; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE AREA; ENVIRONMENTAL MODEL; FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPES; HIGHER RESOLUTION; INPUT DATAS; LAND COVER; LEVEL OF DETAIL; MODEL CALIBRATION; SATELLITE IMAGES; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SLOPE GRADIENTS; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

CATCHMENTS; DATA REDUCTION; FORECASTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; SURVEYING; TRACKING RADAR;

EROSION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASTER; CALIBRATION; DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAND COVER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENT YIELD; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SOIL EROSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 71449084781     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1884     Document Type: Article

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