Local variance for multi-scale analysis in geomorphometry

Geomorphology

Volumn 130, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 162-172

  Drǎgut, Lucian ^a,b   Eisank, Clemens ^a   Strasser, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

Author keywords

DEM; Homogeneity; Morphometric primitives; Pattern analysis; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAPHICAL METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND SURFACE; MORPHOMETRY;

EID: 79956136086     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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