{"product_id":"landform-monitoring-modelling-and-analysis-isbn-9780471969778","title":"Landform Monitoring, Modelling and Analysis","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.Diese Sammlung von Übersichtsartikeln und Originalarbeiten bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über methodologische und technologische Entwicklungen bei der Erfassung und Analyse von Geländedaten. Unter anderem wird besprochen, welche geomorphologischen Schlüsse sich aus der Geländestruktur ziehen lassen und wie sich der Einsatz von GIS und GPS auf die Datenerfassung auswirkt. Landform Monitoring, Modelling and Analysis: Land Form inGeomorphogical Research (S. Lane, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e TECHNICAL ISSUES.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Datums, Coordinates and Differences (M. Cooper).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Global Positioning System and its Use for Terrain Mapping andMonitoring (D. Twigg).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Analytical Photogrammetry for Geomorphological Research (L. Dixon,et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Quality, Use and Visualisation in Terrain Modelling (M.McCullagh).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What do Terrain Statistics Really Mean? (I. Evans).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Effect of GIS Interpolation Errors on the Use of DigitalElevation Models in Geomorphology (S. Wise).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Landform and Lineament Mappling Using Radar Remote Sensing (C.Vencatasawmy, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Image Analysis of Aerial Photography to Quantify the Effect of GoldPlacer Mining on Channel Morphology, Interior Alaska (D. Gilvear,et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e APPLICATION.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Terrain-based Approaches to Enviornmental Resource Evaluation (J.Wilson \u0026amp; J. Gallant).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Role of GIS in Watershed Analysis (D. Montgomery, etal.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Generalised Topographic-Soils Hydrological Index (R. Lamb, etal.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Terrain Information in Geomorphological Models: Stability,Resolution and Sensitivity (P. Bates, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Use of Digital Terrain Modelling in the Understanding ofDynamic River Channel Systems. (S. Lane).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mass Balance and Flow Variations of Haut Glacier d'Arolla,Switzerland, Calculated Using Digital Terrain Modelling Techniques(I. Willis, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Transient Snowline on Glaciers: Topographic Controls andImplications for Melt Predictions (O. Turpin, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Use of Terrain Analysis in the Evaluation of Snow Cover Over anAlpine Glacier (L. Copland).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Coastal Management and Sea Level Rise: A Morphological Approach (J.Pethick).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Geomorphological and Hydrodynamic Results from Digital TerrainModels of the Humber Estuary (J. Hardisty, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Indexes. Aus dem Inhalt:\u003cbr\u003e Introduction;\u003cbr\u003e Datums, Co-ordinates and Differences;\u003cbr\u003e GPS and Its Use for Terrain Modelling;\u003cbr\u003e Analytical Photogrammetry for Geomorphological Research;\u003cbr\u003e Quality, Use and Visualisation in Terrain Modelling;\u003cbr\u003e What Do Terrain Statistics Really Mean?;\u003cbr\u003e The Effect of Interpolation Errors on the Use of Datums in Geomorphology;\u003cbr\u003e A Review of the Potential for Landform and Lineament Identification Using Synthetic Aperture Radar;\u003cbr\u003e Image Analysis of Aerial Photography to Quantify the Effect of Gold Placer Mining on Channel Morphology;\u003cbr\u003e Terrain-Based Approaches to Environmental Resource Evaluation;\u003cbr\u003e The Role of GIS in Watershed Analysis;\u003cbr\u003e A Generalised Topographic-Soils Hydrological Index;\u003cbr\u003e Terrain Information in Geomorphological Models: Stability, Resolution and Sensitivity;\u003cbr\u003e The Application of Digital Terrain Models to Fluvial Geomorphology: A Review;\u003cbr\u003e Mass Balance and Flow Variations of the Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland, Calculated Using Digital Terrain Modelling Techniques;\u003cbr\u003e Modelling Glacier Melt and Transient Snowline Dynamics Using Satellite Imagery and A DEM;\u003cbr\u003e The Use of Terrain Analysis in the Evaluation of Snow Cover Over An Alpine Glacier;\u003cbr\u003e Coastal Management and Sea-Level Rise: A Morphological Approach;\u003cbr\u003e Analysis of Tidal Flows From A DTM of the Humber Estuary. \u003cp\u003e\"... compelling and very informative reading.\" (\u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Remote Sensing,\u003c\/i\u003e Vol.22 No.12, 2001)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStuart N. Lane\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eLandform Monitoring, Modelling and Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Wiley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeith S. Richards\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eLandform Monitoring, Modelling and Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Wiley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim H. Chandler\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eLandform Monitoring, Modelling and Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Wiley.\u003c\/p\u003e 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.","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989506506981,"sku":"NP9780471969778","price":394.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471969778.jpg?v=1761784377","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/landform-monitoring-modelling-and-analysis-isbn-9780471969778","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}