An objective approach for feature extraction: Distribution analysis and statistical descriptors for scale choice and channel network identification

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1387-1402

  Sofia, G ^a   Tarolli, P ^a   Cazorzi, F ^b   Dalla Fontana, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC EXTRACTION; CHANNEL NETWORK; DEGREE OF ORGANIZATION; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; DRAINAGE FLOWS; FLOW ACCUMULATION; LIDAR DATA; MINIMUM CURVATURE; NETWORK-BASED; PARAMETER EVALUATION; SCORE NORMALIZATION; STATISTICAL APPROACH; STATISTICAL DESCRIPTORS; STUDY AREAS; TERRAIN GEOMETRY; VALUE DISTRIBUTION; WINDOW SIZE;

FEATURE EXTRACTION; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL RADAR;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; DRAINAGE NETWORK; GEOMETRY; LIDAR; SATELLITE DATA; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EID: 79960393373     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-1387-2011     Document Type: Article

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