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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
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
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
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
Recognition of supraglacial debris in the Tianshan Mountains on polarimetric SAR images	2014	Huang, Lei, Li, Zhen, Tian, Bang-sen, Zhou, Jian-min, Chen, Quan	RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)	NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 3 arc second V003
The effect of DEM resolution on the computation of the factor of safety using an infinite slope model	2014	Fuchs, Michael, Torizin, Jewgenij, Kuhn, Friedrich	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
The penetration depth derived from the synthesis of ALOS/PALSAR InSAR data and ASTER GDEM for the mapping of forest biomass	2014	Ni, Wenjian, Zhang, Zhiyu, Sun, Guoqing, Guo, Zhifeng, He, Yating	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
Terrain corrected TVDI for agricultural drought monitoring using MODIS data	2014	LIU Liwen, ZHANG Wuping, DUAN Yonghong, XING Lixin, CHEN Shengbo, ZHAO Min	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
The use of spherical statistics to analyze digital elevation models: an example from LIDAR and ASTER GDEM	2014	Cuartero, A., Polo, M. E., Rodriguez, P. G., Felicisimo, A. M., Ruiz-Cuetos, J. C.	Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps	ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002
Water source dynamics of high Arctic river basins	2014	Blaen, Phillip J., Hannah, David M., Brown, Lee E., Milner, Alexander M.	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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)