Transferability of geomorphological distribution models: Evaluation using solifluction features in subarctic and Arctic regions

Geomorphology

Volumn 204, Issue , 2014, Pages 165-176

  Hjort, Jan ^a   Ujanen, Joonas ^a   Parviainen, Miia ^a   Tolgensbakk, Jon ^b   Etzelmüller, Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Extrapolation; Generalized additive model; Generalized linear model; Maximum entropy; Solifluction; Statistical modeling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AIR TEMPERATURE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SLOPE ANGLE; SOLIFLUCTION; SUBARCTIC REGION; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION INDEX; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MODELING;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84887431417     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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