An overview of scale, pattern, process relationships in geomorphology : a remote sensing and GIS perspective

Special issue. Application of remote sensing and GIS in geomorphology

Auteurs :
WALSH, S.J.
BUTLER, D.R.
MALANSON, G.P.
BUTLER, D.R.
WALSH, S.J.

Description :
The AA. apply optical and microwave remote sensing systems and GIS methodologies to case studies framed within the fluvial and alpine environments. They use the scale, pattern, and process paradigm to explore landscape relationships in those environments. Satellite image processing, change-detection analysis, digital elevation models, GIS-derived geomorphic indices and variables, composition and pattern metrics of landscape organization, and scale-dependent analyses are described and related to the study of river channel abandonment and the alpine treeline ecotone. They demonstrate the use of such techniques in geomorphic studies.


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Geomorphology (Amsterdam), issn : 0169-555X, 1998, vol. 21, n°. 3-4, p. 183-205, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 5 p.

Date :
1998

Editeur :
Pays édition : Pays-Bas, Amsterdam, Elsevier