Evaluation of topographic index in relation to terrain roughness and DEM grid spacing

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 869-886

  Mukherjee, Samadrita ^a   Mukherjee, Sandip ^a   Garg, R D ^b   Bhardwaj, A ^c   Raju, P L N ^c  

^a Govt of India   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

Author keywords

Cartosat 1; DEM; Grid spacing; Spatial autocorrelation; Terrain roughness; Topographic index

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CARTOSAT-1; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SATELLITE DATA; SATURATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHED;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84881076050     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-013-0292-0     Document Type: Article

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