A comparison of LiDAR-based DEMs and USGS-sourced DEMs in terrain analysis for knowledge-based digital soil mapping

Geoderma

Volumn 170, Issue , 2012, Pages 217-226

  Shi, Xun ^a   Girod, Lyndsey ^a   Long, Robert ^b   DeKett, Roger ^b   Philippe, Jessica ^b   Burke, Tom ^b  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital soil mapping; LiDAR, digital elevation model; Slope gradient; Terrain analysis

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HIGH COSTS; NEIGHBORHOOD SIZE; SAMPLE LOCATION; SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE; SERVICE ORIENTED; SLOPE GRADIENTS; SMALL WATERSHEDS; SOIL MAPPING; STUDY AREAS; TERRAIN ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAP; VERMONT;

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE MATCHING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; MAPPING; MAPS; OPTICAL RADAR; SOILS;

SURVEYING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL MAPPING; LIDAR; PRECISION; SLOPE ANGLE; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

EID: 84155191100     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.11.020     Document Type: Article

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