High-resolution topography and anthropogenic feature extraction: Testing geomorphometric parameters in floodplains

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2046-2061

  Sofia, Giulia ^a   Fontana, Giancarlo Dalla ^a   Tarolli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic feature; DTM; Floodplains; High resolution topography; LiDAR; Surface morphology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC FEATURE; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; DTM; FLOOD-PLAINS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; STATISTICAL OPERATORS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

FEATURE EXTRACTION; FLOODS; LEVEES; OPTICAL RADAR; ROADS AND STREETS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; LIDAR; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84892434958     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9727     Document Type: Article

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