Assessing the effects of DEM uncertainty on erosion rate estimation in an agricultural field

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 785-798

  Abd Aziz, S ^a   Steward, B L ^b   Kaleita, A ^b   Karkee, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model; Erosion rate; Soil loss; Stochastic simulation; Uncertainty assessment

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EROSION RATES; SOIL LOSS; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT;

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; EROSION; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STOCHASTIC MODELS; SURVEYING;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ABANDONED LAND; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EROSION RATE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FIELD; FIELD SURVEY; GAUSSIAN METHOD; REAL TIME; SLOPE ANGLE; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

EID: 84863655204     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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