Suitability of LiDAR point density and derived landform curvature maps for channel network extraction

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1187-1197

  Pirotti, Francesco ^a   Tarolli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Channel network; DTM; Landform curvature; LiDAR point density

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL NETWORK; CHANNEL NETWORK EXTRACTION; CURVATURE CALCULATION; HIGH QUALITY; LIDAR DATA; POINT DENSITY; SMOOTHING FACTORS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STUDY AREAS; WINDOW SIZE;

FEATURE EXTRACTION; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL RADAR;

CURVE FITTING;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CURVATURE; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; LIDAR; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REMOTE SENSING;

ALPS;

EID: 77953666276     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7582     Document Type: Article

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