Geomorphometry : concepts, software, applications

• Other Authors: Hengl, Tomislav, Reuter, Hannes I.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier, 2009.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Developments in soil science ; v. 33.
• Subjects: geomorfologie; mapování; geografické informační systémy; modelování a simulace; půdní mapy; geomorphology; mapping; geographical information systems; modeling and simulation; soil maps; elektronické knihy; sborníky; electronic books; papers of several authors

Geomorphometry is the science of quantitative land-surface analysis. It draws upon mathematical, statistical, and image-processing techniques to quantify the shape of earth's topography at various spatial scales. The focus of geomorphometry is the calculation of surface-form measures (land-surf...