[1]GAO Zhiyuan,XIE Yuanli,LIU Zhuang,et al.Response of SRTM DEM Accuracy to Different Terrain Factors in the Loess Area of Northern Shaanxi Province[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2019,26(03):174-178.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
26
Number of periods:
2019 03
Page number:
174-178
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Public date:
2019-04-12
- Title:
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Response of SRTM DEM Accuracy to Different Terrain Factors in the Loess Area of Northern Shaanxi Province
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GAO Zhiyuan1,2, XIE Yuanli1,2, LIU Zhuang1,2, JIANG Guangxin1
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1. College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an 710127, China;
2. Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface System and Environmental Carrying Capacity, Northwest University, Xi’an 710127, China
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- Keywords:
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ICESat/GLAS; SRTM DEM; terrain factors; geographical detector; fractal dimension
- CLC:
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P237
- DOI:
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- Abstract:
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We focused on the relationship between the accuracy of DEM and terrain factors. The gullies region of Northern Shaanxi was taken as the research area. In terms of elevation reference data, the vertical accuracy of ICESat/GLAS GLA14 data can reach 18 cm and the horizontal accuracy can reach 20 cm, which is used as the reference data of elevation standard. To study the influence of six topographic factors such as elevation, slope, aspect, total curvature, section curvature and plane curvature on the accuracy of SRTM DEM data, We not only used the geographical detectors analysis method, but also used the fractal dimension method to probe into the relationship between surface roughness and the SRTM DEM accuracy. Fractal dimension, as a dimensionless parameter, can better express the differentiation characteristics of the surface and preserve the original morphological characteristics of the surface. The results show that accuracy of the SRTM DEM is 9.531 meters in the study area. The influence of single terrain factor on the precision of SRTM DEM is smaller than that of different factor superposition, in which slope factor and curvature factor have great influence on accuracy, and the influence of elevation and aspect factor on accuracy is relatively small. The fractal dimension has a greater influence on the accuracy of data, and RSME of SRTM DEM increases gradually, and the growth rate decreases gradually until the peak value with the increase of fractal dimension.