Mean-curvature watersheds: A simple method for segmentation of a digital elevation model into terrain units

Geomorphology

Volumn 139-140, Issue , 2012, Pages 293-302

  Romstad, Bård ^a,b,c   Etzelmüller, Bernd ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^c International Centre for Geohazards (ICG)   (Norway)

Author keywords

DEM; Geomorphometry; Landform elements; Landforms; Mapping units

Indexed keywords

CURVATURE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; MORPHOMETRY; SEGMENTATION; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WATERSHED;

EID: 84856009464     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.10.031     Document Type: Article

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