The impact of DEM data source on prediction of flooding and erosion risk due to sea-level rise

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1191-1211

  Coveney, Seamus ^a   Fotheringham, A Stewart ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

DEM error validation; Flood and erosion risk

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EROSION RATE; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; FLOODING; GIS; GPS; MODEL VALIDATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 79961234719     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2010.545064     Document Type: Article

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