Morphometric analysis of aeolian bedforms in the Namib Sand Sea using ASTER data

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1534-1549

  Bullard, Joanna E ^a   White, Kevin ^b   Livingstone, Ian ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ASTER GDEM; Dune morphometry; Namib Sand Sea

Indexed keywords

ASTER DATA; ASTER GDEM; BEDFORMS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELEVATION DATA; FIELD DATA; FIELD SURVEYS; MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY; NAMIB SAND SEA; RELATIVE ACCURACY; SAMPLE SIZES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

SURVEYING;

SAND;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASTER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; MAPPING; MORPHOMETRY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

NAMIB DESERT; NAMIBIA;

EID: 84860389703     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2189     Document Type: Article

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