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JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
卷 233, 期 1-4, 页码 154-173出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(00)00229-8
关键词
digital terrain models; uncertainty; spatial distribution; digital simulation; geostatistics; global positioning systems
Calculations based on US Geological Survey (USGS) digital elevation models (DEMs) inherit any errors associated with that particular representation of topography. We investigated the potential impact of error in a USGS 30 m DEM on terrain analysis over 27 km(2). The difference ill elevation between 2652 differential Global Positioning Systems measurements acid USGS 30-m DEM derived elevations provided the comparative error dataset. Analysis of this comparative error data suggested that although the global (average) error is small, local error values can be large, and also spatially correlated. Stochastic conditional simulation was used to generate multiple realizations of the DEM error surface that reproduce the error measurements at their original locations and sample statistics such as the histogram and semivariogram model. The differences between these alternative error surfaces provide a model of uncertainty for the unknown DEM error spatial distribution. These DEM errors had a significant impact on terrain attributes which compound elevation values of many grid cells (e.g. slope, wetness index, etc.). A case study using terrain modeling demonstrates that the result of error propagation is most dramatic in valley bottoms and along streamlines. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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