Whitebox GAT: A case study in geomorphometric analysis

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 95, Issue , 2016, Pages 75-84

  Lindsay, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Geomorphometry; Open source software; Remote sensing software

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; CATCHMENTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPEN SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

AIRBORNE LIDAR DATA; DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING; GEO-SPATIAL ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHOMETRY; GIS AND REMOTE SENSING; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL STRUCTURE; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

ALGORITHM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; LIDAR; MORPHOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

EUCALYPTUS ALBENS;

EID: 84979587909     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2016.07.003     Document Type: Article

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