Landform monitoring, modelling, and analysis/

Corporate Author: John Wiley & Sons
Other Authors: Lane, Stuart N., Richards, K. S., Chandler, Jim H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester New York: J. Wiley & Sons, 1997
Series:British Geomorphological Research Group symposia series
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • List of contributors
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. Landform monitoring, modeling analysis: land form in geomorphological research
  • Section 1. Technical issues: Chapter 2. Datus, coordinates and differences
  • Chapter 3. The global positioning system and its use for terrain mapping and monitoring
  • Chapter 4. Analytical photogrammetry for geomorphological research
  • Chapter 5. Quality, use and visualization in terrain modeling
  • Chapter 6. What do terrain statistics really mean?
  • Chapter 7. The effect of GIS interpolation errors on the use of digital elevation models in geomorphology
  • Chapter 8. Landform and lineament mapping using radar remote sensing
  • Chapter 9. Image analysis of aerial photography to quantify the effect of gold placer mining on channel morphology, interior Alaska
  • Section 2. Application: Chapter 10. Terrain-based approaches to environment resources evaluation
  • Chapter 11. The role of GIS in watershed analysis
  • Chapter 12. A generalized topographic - soils hydrological index
  • Chapter 13. Terrain information in geomorphological models
  • Chapter 14. The use of digital terrain modeling in the understanding of dynamic river channel systems
  • Chapter 15. Mass balance and flow variations of haut glacier d' Arrola, Switzerland, calculated using digital terrain modeling techniques
  • Chapter 16. The transient snowline on glaciers: topographic controls and implications for melt predictions
  • Chapter 17. The use of terrain analysis in the evaluation of snow cover over an Alpine glacier
  • Chapter 18. Coastal management and sea level rise: a morphological approach
  • Chapter 19. Geomorphological and hydrodynamic results from digital terrain models of the Humber estuary
  • Author index
  • Subject index
  • Website index