An algorithm for generalizing topography to grids while preserving subscale morphologic characteristics-creating a glacier bed DEM for Jakobshavn trough as low-resolution input for dynamic ice-sheet models

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1793-1801

  Herzfeld, Ute C ^a,b   Wallin, Bruce F ^a   Leuschen, Carlton J ^c   Plummer, Joel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital elevation models; Jakobshavn Isbr (Greenland); Mathematical morphology; Sea level rise; Subglacial morphology

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE RADAR MEASUREMENTS; CARTOGRAPHIC GENERALIZATION; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CRYOSPHERE; DATA SETS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EARTH'S CLIMATE; GEOPHYSICAL MODELING; GIS APPLICATION; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAMS; LINEAR FEATURE; MODEL CHANGE; MORPHOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS; NATURAL PROCESS; OPTIMUM INTERPOLATION; ORDINARY KRIGING; RIDGE LINES; SEA LEVEL RISE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUBGLACIAL MORPHOLOGY; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; DATA REDUCTION; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; EARTH (PLANET); FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; INTERPOLATION; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SEA LEVEL; SURVEYING;

ICE;

AIRBORNE SENSING; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ALGORITHM; CARTOGRAPHY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; KRIGING; MAP GENERALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; JAKOBSHAVN ISBRAE;

EID: 80054962621     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.02.021     Document Type: Article

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