Geographical Information Science Case Studies in Earth and Environmental Monitoring

Front Cover -- Geographical Information Science -- Geographical Information Science: Case Studies in Earth and Environmental Monitoring -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- 1 - Natural environment -- 1 - Identification of geomorphic and morphotectonic features using geographic information system techniques -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Geomorphometry -- 2.1 Relief classification -- 2.1.1 Topographic position index -- 2.1.2 Classification of relief according to Hammond and Dikau -- 2.2 Lineament analysis -- 3. Identification and mapping of landforms-specific geomorphometry -- 3.1 Planation surfaces-inclined surfaces-morphological discontinuities -- 3.2 Fluvial terraces -- 3.3 Longitudinal profile analysis-knickpoints -- 4. Morphometric indices of active tectonics -- 4.1 Composite morphometric indices -- 5. Conclusions -- 6. Key takeaway and future research -- References -- 2 - Monitoring snow by combining physical snow models and microwave remote sensing techniques: two case studies fro ... -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Materials and methods -- 2.1 The study area -- 2.1.1 Remote sensing observations -- 2.1.2 In situ observations -- 2.2 The models -- 2.2.1 The physical snow model -- 2.2.2 The microwave emission model -- 2.2.3 The InSAR SWE retrieval model -- 2.3 Case study A -- 2.3.1 Setting up the synergy between SnowModel and MEMLS -- 2.3.2 Identifying the challenges-setting up a sensitivity experiment -- 2.4 Case study B -- 3. Results and discussion -- 3.1 Case study A -- 3.1.1 Sensitivity experiment -- 3.1.2 Proposing solutions to the challenges -- 3.1.2.1 The look-up table -- 3.1.2.2 The nudging method -- 3.2 Case study B -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- 3 - Is there any pure nature left? A geospatial analysis approach of perceived landscape naturalness -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Materials and methods.