摘要
Thehorizontalaccuracyoftopographicdatarepresentedbydigitalelevationmodel(DEM)resolutionbringsaboutuncertaintiesinlandscapeprocessmodelingwithrasterGIS.Thispaperpresentsastudyontheeffectoftopographicvariabilityoncell-basedempiricalestimationofsoillossandsedimenttransport.AnoriginalDEMof10mresolutionforacasewatershedwasre-sampledtothreerealizationsofhighergridsizesforacomparativeexamination.EquationsbasedontheUSLEareappliedtothewatershedtocalculatesoillossfromeachcellandtotalsedimenttransporttostreams.ThestudyfoundthatthecalculatedtotalsoillossfromthewatersheddecreaseswiththeincreasingDEMresolutionwithalinearcorrelationasspatialvariabilityisreducedbycellaggregation.TheUSLEtopographicfactors(LS)extractedfromappliedDEMsrepresentspatialvariability,anddeterminetheestimationsasshowninthemodelingresults.ThecommonlyusedUSGS30mDEMappearstobeabletoreflectessentialspatialvariabilityandsuitablefortheempiricalestimation.TheappropriatenessofaDEMresolutionisdependentuponspecificlandscapecharacteristics,appliedmodelanditsparameterization.ThisworkattemptstoprovideageneralframeworkfortheresearchintheDEM-basedempiricalmodeling.
出版日期
2004年01月11日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)