Knickzone Extraction Tool (KET) – A new ArcGIS toolset for automatic extraction of knickzones from a DEM based on multi-scale stream gradients

Extraction of knickpoints or knickzones from a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) has gained immense significance owing to the increasing implications of knickzones on landform development. However, existing methods for knickzone extraction tend to be subjective or require time-intensive data processing....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zahra Tuba, Paudel Uttam, Hayakawa Yuichi S., Oguchi Takashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2017-04-01
Series:Open Geosciences
Subjects:
dem
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/geo-2017-0006