Landform Monitoring, Modelling and Analysis
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 27. March 1998
Book
Hardback
466 pages
978-0-471-96977-8 (ISBN)
Description
Geomorphologists played a major role in the 1960s and 1970s in terrain research as the potential of the computer was realised for both storing and manipulating landform information. With growth in the subject area, further technological development, and a growing input from other disciplines, much of this research has moved into the domain of GIS and Remote Sensing, where the involvement of geomorphologists has inevitably been reduced, despite the importance of this type of research to geomorphology in general. This book comprises selected and full-refereed papers from a recent BGRG Annual Conference which was held with these issues in mind. The book contains both review and original and significant research papers that consider recent methodological developments in, and the constraints of, current terrain monitoring and modelling methods in geomorphology, along with the application of these methods to specific geomorphological problems. By providing up-to-date research by leaders in the field of terrain study this book will be of enormous value to undergraduates, research students and research scientists in geomorphology, mapping science and GIS and Remote Sensing, as well as those working in industry who use, or need to apply terrain research methods.
Reviews / Votes
"... compelling and very informative reading." (International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol.22 No.12, 2001)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 252 mm
Width: 176 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
925 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-96977-8 (9780471969778)
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Persons
Stuart N. Lane is the author of Landform Monitoring, Modelling and Analysis, published by Wiley.
Keith S. Richards is the author of Landform Monitoring, Modelling and Analysis, published by Wiley.
Jim H. Chandler is the author of Landform Monitoring, Modelling and Analysis, published by Wiley.
Keith S. Richards is the author of Landform Monitoring, Modelling and Analysis, published by Wiley.
Jim H. Chandler is the author of Landform Monitoring, Modelling and Analysis, published by Wiley.
Content
Landform Monitoring, Modelling and Analysis: Land Form inGeomorphogical Research (S. Lane, et al.).
TECHNICAL ISSUES.
Datums, Coordinates and Differences (M. Cooper).
The Global Positioning System and its Use for Terrain Mapping andMonitoring (D. Twigg).
Analytical Photogrammetry for Geomorphological Research (L. Dixon,et al.).
Quality, Use and Visualisation in Terrain Modelling (M.McCullagh).
What do Terrain Statistics Really Mean? (I. Evans).
The Effect of GIS Interpolation Errors on the Use of DigitalElevation Models in Geomorphology (S. Wise).
Landform and Lineament Mappling Using Radar Remote Sensing (C.Vencatasawmy, et al.).
Image Analysis of Aerial Photography to Quantify the Effect of GoldPlacer Mining on Channel Morphology, Interior Alaska (D. Gilvear,et al.).
APPLICATION.
Terrain-based Approaches to Enviornmental Resource Evaluation (J.Wilson & J. Gallant).
The Role of GIS in Watershed Analysis (D. Montgomery, etal.).
A Generalised Topographic-Soils Hydrological Index (R. Lamb, etal.).
Terrain Information in Geomorphological Models: Stability,Resolution and Sensitivity (P. Bates, et al.).
The Use of Digital Terrain Modelling in the Understanding ofDynamic River Channel Systems. (S. Lane).
Mass Balance and Flow Variations of Haut Glacier d'Arolla,Switzerland, Calculated Using Digital Terrain Modelling Techniques(I. Willis, et al.).
The Transient Snowline on Glaciers: Topographic Controls andImplications for Melt Predictions (O. Turpin, et al.).
The Use of Terrain Analysis in the Evaluation of Snow Cover Over anAlpine Glacier (L. Copland).
Coastal Management and Sea Level Rise: A Morphological Approach (J.Pethick).
Geomorphological and Hydrodynamic Results from Digital TerrainModels of the Humber Estuary (J. Hardisty, et al.).
Indexes.
TECHNICAL ISSUES.
Datums, Coordinates and Differences (M. Cooper).
The Global Positioning System and its Use for Terrain Mapping andMonitoring (D. Twigg).
Analytical Photogrammetry for Geomorphological Research (L. Dixon,et al.).
Quality, Use and Visualisation in Terrain Modelling (M.McCullagh).
What do Terrain Statistics Really Mean? (I. Evans).
The Effect of GIS Interpolation Errors on the Use of DigitalElevation Models in Geomorphology (S. Wise).
Landform and Lineament Mappling Using Radar Remote Sensing (C.Vencatasawmy, et al.).
Image Analysis of Aerial Photography to Quantify the Effect of GoldPlacer Mining on Channel Morphology, Interior Alaska (D. Gilvear,et al.).
APPLICATION.
Terrain-based Approaches to Enviornmental Resource Evaluation (J.Wilson & J. Gallant).
The Role of GIS in Watershed Analysis (D. Montgomery, etal.).
A Generalised Topographic-Soils Hydrological Index (R. Lamb, etal.).
Terrain Information in Geomorphological Models: Stability,Resolution and Sensitivity (P. Bates, et al.).
The Use of Digital Terrain Modelling in the Understanding ofDynamic River Channel Systems. (S. Lane).
Mass Balance and Flow Variations of Haut Glacier d'Arolla,Switzerland, Calculated Using Digital Terrain Modelling Techniques(I. Willis, et al.).
The Transient Snowline on Glaciers: Topographic Controls andImplications for Melt Predictions (O. Turpin, et al.).
The Use of Terrain Analysis in the Evaluation of Snow Cover Over anAlpine Glacier (L. Copland).
Coastal Management and Sea Level Rise: A Morphological Approach (J.Pethick).
Geomorphological and Hydrodynamic Results from Digital TerrainModels of the Humber Estuary (J. Hardisty, et al.).
Indexes.