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The choice of window size in approximating topographic surfaces from digital elevation models / M. Albani in International journal of geographical information science IJGIS, vol 18 n° 6 (october 2004)  

Public [article]  inInternational journal of geographical information science IJGIS > vol 18 n° 6 (october 2004) . - pp 577 - 593 Titre : The choice of window size in approximating topographic surfaces from digital elevation models Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : M. Albani, Auteur ; Brian Klinkenberg, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2004 Article en page(s) : pp 577 - 593 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Traitement d'image [Termes IGN] autocorrélation spatiale [Termes IGN] Colombie-Britannique (Canada) [Termes IGN] erreur de mesure [Termes IGN] méthode des moindres carrés [Termes IGN] modèle numérique de surface [Termes IGN] profil topographique [Termes IGN] propagation d'erreur [Termes IGN] topographie locale Résumé : (Auteur) Quantitative surface analysis through quadratic modelling of Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) is a promising tool for automatically describing the physical environment in ecological studies of terrestrial landscapes. Fundamental topographic variables such as slope, aspect, plan and profile curvature can be simply calculated from the parameters of a conic equation fitted to a DEM window through the least-squares method. The scale of the analysis, defined by the size of the DEM window used to fit the conic equation, affects both the estimated value of the topographic variables and the propagation of elevation errors to derived topographic variables. The least-squares method is amenable to the analytical treatment of the propagation of elevation errors to the derived topographical variables. A general analytical model of error propagation is presented that accounts for the effects of window size and of spatial autocorrelation in elevation errors. The method is based on the Taylor approximation of the least-square fitting equation and allows for the presence of stationary autocorrelation in the elevation errors. In numerical simulations with DEMs from British Columbia, Canada, it is shown that increasing the size of evaluation windows effectively reduces the propagation of elevation errors to the derived topographic variables. However, this was obtained at the expense of topographic detail. A methodology is proposed to evaluate quantitatively the loss of topographic detail through a X2-test of the corrected residuals in the immediate neighbourhood of the evaluation point. This methodology, in combination with the analytical model of error propagation, can be used to select the scale or range of scales at which to calculate topographic variables from a DEM. Numéro de notice : A2004-351 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.1080/13658810410001701987 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1080/13658810410001701987 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=26878 [article]

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