High-resolution topography for understanding Earth surface processes: Opportunities and challenges

Geomorphology

Volumn 216, Issue , 2014, Pages 295-312

  Tarolli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Anthropogenic signatures; Earth surface processes; Geomorphic signatures; High resolution topography; Lidar

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LIDAR; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84899827076     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.03.008     Document Type: Review

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