Limitation of 90 m SRTM DEM in drainage network delineation using D8 method-a case study in flat terrain of Bangladesh

Applied Geomatics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 49-58

  Rahman, M M ^a   Arya, D S ^b   Goel, N K ^b  

^a Bangladesh Water Development Board   (Bangladesh)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

90mSRTM DEM; Delineation; Flat steeper slope; Morphological parameters; River network; Spatial deviated alignment

Indexed keywords

ARCGIS; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE NETWORK; TERRAIN; TOMOGRAPHY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84863601645     PISSN: 18669298     EISSN: 1866928X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12518-010-0020-2     Document Type: Article

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