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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
Annual multi-resolution detection of land cover conversion to oil palm in the Peruvian Amazon	2013	Gutierrez-Velez, Victor Hugo, DeFries, Ruth	Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Drainage, Rivers/Streams	LBA Regional Boundary for the Amazon and Tocantins River Basins, 5-min
Effects of orography on the tail-end effects of typhoon Ketsana	2013	Tan, F., Lim, H.S., Abdullah, K.	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
Thermal infrared remote-sensing detection of thermal information associated with faultsA case study in Western Sichuan Basin, China	2012	Wu, Wenyuan, Zou, Lejun, Shen, Xiaohua, Lu, Shanlong, Su, Nan, Kong, Fanli, Dong, Youpu	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
Impacts of impervious cover, water withdrawals, and climate change on river flows in the conterminous US	2012	Caldwell, P. V., Sun, G., McNulty, S. G., Cohen, E. C., Moore Myers, J. A.	Topographic Effects, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Terrain Elevation, Rivers/Streams	ISLSCP II HYDRO1k Elevation-derived Products
A new satellite-derived glacier inventory for western Alaska	2011	Le Bris, R., Paul, F., Frey, H., Bolch, T.	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
Elevation changes (1949-1995) of Black Rapids Glacier, Alaska, derived from a multi-baseline InSAR DEM and historical maps	2010	Shugar, Dan H., Rabus, Bernhard T., Clague, John J.	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
Karst depressions as geoarchaeological archivesThe palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Zominthos (Central Crete), based on geophysical prospection, sedimentological investigations and GIS	2010	Siart, C., Hecht, S., Holzhauer, I., Altherr, R., Meyer, H.P., Schukraft, G., Eitel, B., Bubenzer, O., Panagiotopoulos, D.	RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps, Visible Radiance, Infrared Radiance, THERMAL INFRARED	NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 3 arc second V003 ASTER Orthorectified Digital Elevation Model (DEM) V003
Application of airborne passive microwave observations for monitoring inland flooding caused by tropical cyclones	2009	Buckley, Courtney D., Hood, Robbie E., LaFontaine, Frank J.	Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)	MODIS/Terra Leaf Area Index/FPAR 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V061 MODIS/Terra Leaf Area Index/FPAR 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 1 arc second V003 NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 3 arc second V003
Automated digital elevation model (DEM) generation from very-high-resolution Planet SkySat triplet stereo and video imagery		Bhushan, S.	Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)