Geos.722       Digital Terrain Modeling                                      (3 C.H)

Course Contents

• Introduction to Digital Elevation Model (DEM), Digital Terrain Model (DTM), Digital Surface Model (DSM) and Triangulated Irregular Network (TIN)
• Downloading and processing remote sensing based DEMs; Computation of primary topographic attributes: terrain slope, aspect, hill shade and view shade
• Application of DEM for drainage network mapping and watersheds demarcation.

Practical: Computer exercises to develop DEMs, analyze them and derive topographic basic attributes.
Recommended Books:

• John, P.W. and John, C.G., 2002. Terrain Analysis: Principles and Applications, John Wiley and Sons, New York, USA.
• Naser, E.S., Caterina, V. and Ayman, H., 2005. Digital Terrain Modeling: Acquisition, Manipulation and Applications. Artech House, Calgary, Canada
• Tomislav, H. and Hannes, I.R., 2009. Geomorphometry: Concepts, Software, Applications. Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier.
• Zhilin, L., Qing, Z. and Chris, G., 2005. Digital Terrain Modeling: Principles and Methodology.  CRC Press