Surface texture analysis of a high-resolution DTM: Interpreting an alpine basin

Geomorphology

Volumn 161-162, Issue , 2012, Pages 26-39

  Trevisani, Sebastiano ^a   Cavalli, Marco ^b   Marchi, Lorenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY IUAV OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Fuzzy clustering; Geomorphometry; High resolution DTM; Surface texture; Variogram

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANISOTROPY; BASIN; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HEADWATER; MORPHOMETRY; TEXTURE; TOPOGRAPHY; VARIOGRAM;

ALPS; DOLOMITES; EASTERN ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 84861572201     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.03.031     Document Type: Article

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