On the uncertainty of stream networks derived from elevation data: The error propagation approach

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1153-1165

  Hengl, T ^a   Heuvelink, G B M ^b   Van Loon, E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY LEVEL; BERNOULLI TRIALS; COMPUTATIONAL BURDEN; DATA SETS; ELEVATION DATA; ERROR MAP; ERROR PROPAGATION; GEOSTATISTICAL SIMULATION; GRID CELL SIZE; GRID CELLS; HEIGHT MEASUREMENT; INFORMATION ENTROPY; LAND SURFACE PARAMETERS; MEAN VALUES; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN-SOURCE GIS; SEQUENTIAL GAUSSIAN SIMULATION; SIMILAR CASE; SMALL DATA SET; STATISTICAL COMPUTING; STREAM NETWORKS; STUDY AREAS; VARIOGRAM MODELS; VARIOGRAMS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HYDRAULICS; OPEN SYSTEMS; PIXELS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ERROR ANALYSIS; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GEOSTATISTICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIXEL; STREAM CHANNEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VARIOGRAM;

SERBIA;

EID: 78650593934     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-1153-2010     Document Type: Article

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