HAND TERRAIN DESCRIPTOR FOR REGIONAL SCALE MAPPING OF AMAZON TERRA FIRME ECO-HYDROLOGICAL UNITS

HAND TERRAIN DESCRIPTOR FOR REGIONAL SCALE MAPPING OF AMAZON TERRA FIRME ECO-HYDROLOGICAL UNITS

The HAND (Height Above the Nearest Drainage), a quantitative topographic descriptor, is used to classify terrain in a manner that is related to local soil water conditions, providing hydrological meaning to the SRTM DEM. In this paper, we compare performance of using the HAND grid instead of the SRT...

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Main Authors: Taise Farias Pinheiro, Camilo Daleles Rennó, Maria Isabel Sobral Escada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Uberlândia 2015-07-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Cartografia
Online Access:http://www.seer.ufu.br/index.php/revistabrasileiracartografia/article/view/44657

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