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Publications Citing Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM) Data

List of peer-reviewed publications that cite using Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM) data.

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Title	Year Sort ascending	Author	Topic	Dataset
Comparison of the use of digital elevation models in digital mapping of soils of Dois Irmaos, RS, Brazil	2014	Teske, Rodrigo, Giasson, Elvio, Bagatini, Tatiane	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
Differentiating tower karst (fenglin) and cockpit karst (fengcong) using DEM contour, slope, and centroid	2014	Huang, Wei, Deng, Chengbin, J. Day, Michael	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
Digital drainage network model of ebinur lake basin of bortala mongol autonomous prefecture based on DEM data	2014	Liu, Xiao Li, Li, Jing Gang, Li, Xue, Wang, Qiu Liang, Zhang, Li Fen, Liao, Wu Lin	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
Effects of terrain-induced shade removal using global DEM data sets on land-cover classification	2014	Hoshikawa, Keisuke, Umezaki, Masahiro	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
Ecological niche modeling using Satellite Data for assessing distribution of threatened species Ceropegia bulbosa Roxb	2014	Kumar, S., Kulloli, R. N., Tewari, J. C., Singh, J. P., Singh, A.	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
Comparison of free high resolution digital elevation data sets (ASTER GDEM2, SRTM v2.1/v4.1) and validation against accurate heights from the Australian National Gravity Database	2014	Rexer, M., Hirt, C.	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
Comparison and validation of SRTM and ASTER GDEM for a subtropical landscape in Southeastern China	2014	Jing, Changwei, Shortridge, Ashton, Lin, Shengpan, Wu, Jiaping	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
Correlating remote sensing data with the abundance of pupae of the dengue virus mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti, in central Mexico	2014	Moreno-Madrinan, Max, Crosson, William, Eisen, Lars, Estes, Sue, Estes Jr., Maurice, Hayden, Mary, Hemmings, Sarah, Irwin, Dan, Lozano-Fuentes, Saul, Monaghan, Andrew, Quattrochi, Dale, Welsh-Rodriguez, Carlos, Zielinski-Gutierrez, Emily	Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Total Surface Precipitation Rate	MODIS/Aqua Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity Daily L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V006 MODIS/Aqua Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity Daily L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V061 NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 3 arc second V003 TRMM (TMPA) Rainfall Estimate L3 3 hour 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V7 (TRMM_3B42)
Cross-calibration of HJ-1/CCD over a desert site using Landsat ETM + imagery and ASTER GDEM product	2014	Bo Zhong, Yuhuan Zhang, Tengteng Du, Aixia Yang, Wenbo Lv, Qinhuo Liu	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
EarthEnv-DEM90: a nearly-global, void-free, multi-scale smoothed, 90m digital elevation model from fused ASTER and SRTM data	2014	Robinson, Natalie, Regetz, James, Guralnick, Robert P.	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
How large is the Upper Indus Basin? The pitfalls of auto-delineation using DEMs	2014	Khan, Asif, Richards, Keith S., Parker, Geoffrey T., McRobie, Allan, Mukhopadhyay, Biswajit	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps, RADAR IMAGERY	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002 NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 3 arc second V003
Impact of DEM source on Radarsat-2 polarimetric information during ortho-rectification	2014	Toutin, Thierry, Wang, Huili	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
Impact of uncertainty in remote sensing DEMs on topographic amplification of seismic response and Vs 30	2014	Shafique, Muhammad, van der Meijde, Mark	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps, RADAR IMAGERY	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002 NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 3 arc second V003
High-level landscapes along the margin of southern East Greenland-A record of tectonic uplift and incision after breakup in the NE Atlantic	2014	Bonow, Johan M., Japsen, Peter, Nielsen, Troels F.D.	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
High carbon dioxide uptake by subtropical forest ecosystems in the East Asian monsoon region	2014	Yu, Guirui, Chen, Zhi, Piao, Shilong, Peng, Changhui, Ciais, Philippe, Wang, Qiufeng, Li, Xuanran, Zhu, Xianjin	Precipitation Amount, Cloud Frequency, Humidity, Air Temperature, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)	ISLSCP II Climate Research Unit CRU05 Monthly Climate Data
Mapping debris-covered glaciers and identifying factors affecting the accuracy	2014	Bhardwaj, Anshuman, Joshi, Pawan Kumar, Snehmani, Singh, Mritunjay Kumar, Sam, Lydia, Gupta, R.D.	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
Recent changes occurred in the terminus of the debriscovered bilafond glacier in the karakoram himalayas using remotely sensed images and digital elevation models (1978-2011)	2014	Kozhikkodan Veettil, Bijeesh, Franz Bremer, Ulisses, Efrain Bica Grondona, Atilio, Florencio De Souza, Sergio	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
Quantifying spatial and temporal vegetation recovery dynamics following a wildfire event in a Mediterranean landscape using EO data and GIS	2014	Petropoulos, George P., Griffiths, Hywel M., Kalivas, Dionissios P.	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
On-orbit geometric calibration of the panchromatic/multispectral camera of the ZY-1 02C satellite based on public geographic data	2014	Tao, Pengjie, Lu, Luping, Zhang, Yong, Xu, Biao, Zou, Songbai	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
Observed groundwater temperature response to recent climate change	2014	Menberg, K., Blum, P., Kurylyk, B. L., Bayer, P.	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
Revisiting forest impact on atmospheric water vapor transport and precipitation	2013	Makarieva, Anastassia M., Gorshkov, Victor G., Li, Bai-Lian	Topographic Effects, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Terrain Elevation, Rivers/Streams, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Use Classes, Vegetation Cover, Albedo	ISLSCP II HYDRO1k Elevation-derived Products ISLSCP II MODIS (Collection 4) IGBP Land Cover, 2000-2001
Use of radar data to unveil the paleolakes and the ancestral course of Wadi El-Arish, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt	2013	AbuBakr, Mostafa, Ghoneim, Eman, El-Baz, Farouk, Zeneldin, Mahmoud, Zeid, Salah	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
UNSUPERVISED HIGH-RESOLUTION GLOBAL MONITORING OF URBAN SETTLEMENTS	2013	Marconcini, Mattia, Esch, Thomas, Felbier, Andreas, Heldens, Wieke	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
A framework for global river flood risk assessments	2013	Winsemius, H. C., Van Beek, L. P. H., Jongman, B., Ward, P. J., Bouwman, A.	Discharge/Flow, Topographic Effects, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Terrain Elevation, Rivers/Streams	Global River Discharge, 1807-1991, V[ersion]. 1.1 (RivDIS) ISLSCP II HYDRO1k Elevation-derived Products
Characteristic mega-basin water storage behavior using GRACE	2013	Reager, J. T., Famiglietti, James S.	Topographic Effects, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Terrain Elevation, Rivers/Streams, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Water Holding Capacity	ISLSCP II HYDRO1k Elevation-derived Products Global Distribution of Plant-Extractable Water Capacity of Soil (Dunne)