An automated approach to the classification of the slope units using digital data

Special issue. Application of remote sensing and GIS in geomorphology

Auteurs :
GILES, P.T.
FRANKLIN, S.E.
BUTLER, D.R.

Description :
Computer analysis of integrated digital data sets can be exploited for geomorphological classification using automated methods developed in the remote sensing community. In this study, geomorphological classification in a moderate- to high-relief area dominated by slope processes in southwest Yukon Territory, is performed with a combined set of geomorphometric and spectral variables in a linear discriminant analysis. An automated method was developed to find the boundaries of geomorphological objects and to extract the objects as groups of aggregated pixels. The geomorphological objects selected are slope units.


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Geomorphology (Amsterdam), issn : 0169-555X, 1998, vol. 21, n°. 3-4, p. 251-264, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 2 p.

Date :
1998

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