Neighborhood size and spatial scale in raster-based slope calculations

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1959-1978

  Gao, Jing ^a   Burt, James E ^a   Zhu, A Xing ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

neighborhood size; slope; spatial scale; terrain analysis; window size

Indexed keywords

GIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; RASTER; SLOPE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TERRAIN;

EID: 84867277339     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2012.657201     Document Type: Article

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