Impact of DEM accuracy and resolution on topographic indices

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1086-1098

  Vaze, Jai ^a,b   Teng, Jin ^a,b   Spencer, Georgina ^a  

^a DECCW   (Australia)

^b Water Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

DEM; Field survey; LiDAR; Spatial indices

Indexed keywords

COARSER RESOLUTION; COMMONLY USED; COMPUTING FACILITIES; CONTOUR MAP; DATA SETS; DEM; DEM ACCURACY; FIELD SURVEYS; FLOW PATH; GROUND SURFACES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHER RESOLUTION; HILLSLOPES; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; LAND SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; LARGE DATASETS; LIDAR; LIDAR (LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING); LOSS OF ACCURACY; RESAMPLING; SPATIAL INDICES; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUB-SURFACES; TOPOGRAPHIC INDEX; WATER BALANCE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

CATCHMENTS; HYDRAULICS; OPTICAL RADAR; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SURVEYS;

SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BATHYMETRY; CATCHMENT; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELEVATION; FIELD SURVEY; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND SURFACE; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER BUDGET; WATER FLOW;

EID: 77953977297     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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