scholarly journals Relational Modelling of the Earth's Surface Topography Impact on Vegetation Density Using RS and GIS: Rawnduz as a Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-444
Author(s):  
Ameer Mohammed Khalaf ◽  
Zuhair Jaber Mushref ◽  
Ismael Mohammed Khaleefah ◽  
Salah Othman Abed

Through the analysis of the digital elevation model (DEM) of the search area, it was found that the search area is located within a mountainous region with a complex twisting, as the surface has been classified into five regions of elevations, among which the first region represents the lowest elevation lands, and extends an area of 118.7 km2 It equates to (22.6%) of the total area, while the largest region is the second region, occupying an area of (187.9) km2, 36% of the total area of the region, while the regression categories were divided into five levels depending on the classification of (Zink) It turns out that the Fifth Region is the most complex of the regions, and it includes the summit of Mount Hendrin, the summit of Mount Karukh. As for the characteristics of the direction of the slopes, nine slope directions of varying areas were found. As for the density of vegetation coverage according to (NDVI), we find that the NDVI index in the research area is divided into three levels of plant density, as the second level, i.e. average density, recorded the largest area at about (344.8) km2, equivalent to (66.1%) of the area the college. Which is characterized by the topological complexity of the surface, which makes it the most suitable areas for pastoral activity, while the higher density in relation to vegetation coverage was more widespread in the first and second steep categories by about (2.5, 9.8) km2, i.e. (21.6%, 24.3%) of the total area.

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-132
Author(s):  
Nursida Arif ◽  
Projo Danoedoro ◽  
Hartono Hartono ◽  
Andrew Mulabbi

The purpose of this study was to  create an erosion prediction model in Serang Watershed, Indonesia. The erosion model used two input data, namely the slope derivied from Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data, and Fractional Vegetation Cover (FVC) from SPOT images. Assessment of the model was carried out using questionnaires and interviews with several experts by presenting the results of the model and its supporting data. Based on the DEM data, the level of slope steepness in the study area is very varied namely; flat (52.77%), sloping (7.62%), and rather steep to very steep (39.59%). Vegetation density according to the FVC results is dominated by medium density. The results of the analysis of the two input models can provide predictions of the level of erosion with an accuracy of 67.92%. Evaluation of the model was done by experts with conclusions that the method was very flexible and can be adapted to similar watersheds elsewhere.


Author(s):  
M. Hubacek ◽  
V. Kovarik ◽  
V. Kratochvil

Digital elevation models are today a common part of geographic information systems and derived applications. The way of their creation is varied. It depends on the extent of area, required accuracy, delivery time, financial resources and technologies available. The first model covering the whole territory of the Czech Republic was created already in the early 1980's. Currently, the 5th DEM generation is being finished. Data collection for this model was realized using the airborne laser scanning which allowed creating the DEM of a new generation having the precision up to a decimetre. Model of such a precision expands the possibilities of employing the DEM and it also offers new opportunities for the use of elevation data especially in a domain of modelling the phenomena dependent on highly accurate data. The examples are precise modelling of hydrological phenomena, studying micro-relief objects, modelling the vehicle movement, detecting and describing historical changes of a landscape, designing constructions etc. <br><br> Due to a nature of the technology used for collecting data and generating DEM, it is assumed that the resulting model achieves lower accuracy in areas covered by vegetation and in built-up areas. Therefore the verification of model accuracy was carried out in five selected areas in Moravia. The network of check points was established using a total station in each area. To determine the reference heights of check points, the known geodetic points whose heights were defined using levelling were used. Up to several thousands of points were surveyed in each area. Individual points were selected according to a different configuration of relief, different surface types, and different vegetation coverage. The sets of deviations were obtained by comparing the DEM 5G heights with reference heights which was followed by verification of tested elevation model. Results of the analysis showed that the model reaches generally higher precision than the declared one in majority of areas. This applies in particular to areas covered by vegetation. By contrast, the larger deviations occurred in relation to the slope of the terrain, in particular in the micro-relief objects. The results are presented in this article.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Johannes von Eichel-Streiber ◽  
Christoph Weber ◽  
Jesús Rodrigo-Comino ◽  
Jens Altenburg

The use of an appropriate sensor on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is vital to assess specific environmental conditions successfully. In addition, technicians and scientists also appreciate a platform to carry the sensors with some advantages such as the low costs or easy pilot management. However, extra requirements like a low-altitude flight are necessary for special applications such as plant density or rice yield. A rotary UAV matches this requirement, but the flight endurance is too short for large areas. Therefore, in this article, a fixed-wing UAV is used, which is more appropriate because of its longer flight endurance. It is necessary to develop an own controller system to use special sensors such as Lidar or Radar on the platform as a multifunctionality system. Thereby, these sensors are used to generate a digital elevation model and also as a collision avoidance sensor at the same time. To achieve this goal, a small UAV was equipped with a hardware platform including a microcontroller and sensors. After testing the system and simulation, the controller was converted into program code to implement it on the microcontroller. After that, several real flights were performed to validate the controller and sensors. We demonstrated that the system is able to work and match the high requirements for future research.


2014 ◽  
Vol 641-642 ◽  
pp. 1191-1194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Wen Liu ◽  
Zhi Yong Qiao ◽  
Ting Ting Wei ◽  
Shu Jiang ◽  
Ya Kai Chen ◽  
...  

Taking Daliuta mine as research object, use its 2002, 2011 two same period Landsat TM/ ETM and remote sensing image as the data source, use pixel dichotomy to get its vegetation coverage evolution trend data; Use DEM digital elevation model data in the region to generate digital terrain model based on ArcGIS, and make overlay analysis with the vegetation coverage evolution trend data to study the relationship between the vegetation coverage and terrain factor of the mine area. The results showed that: From 2002 to 2011, the vegetation coverage evolution trend of Daliuta mining mainly moderate improvement and significantly improvement, and concentrated in middle altitude, low slope, sunny area.


2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bartosz Wołosiewicz

Abstract The Białka river valley is directly related to a deep NNW-SSE oriented fault zone. According to the results of previous morphometric analyses, the Białka drainage basin is one of the most tectonically active zones in the Central Carpathians. It is also located within an area of high seismic activity. In this study Digital Elevation Model (DEM) based, morphometric analyses were used to investigate the morphotectonic conditions of the watershed. The results reveal the relationships between the main tectonic feature and the landforms within the research area. The lineaments, as obtained from the classified aspect map, seem to coincide with the orientation of the main structures as well as the trends revealed by the theoretical Riedel-Skempton shear model. Base-level and isolong maps support the conclusion that the Białka and Biały Dunajec fault zones exert a strong influence on the morphology of the adjacent area.


Author(s):  
Mariya Kondrateva ◽  
Aleksey Chashchin

On the basis of a digital elevation model (DEM) based on generalized data from USGS STRM DEM and ASTER GDEM with a resolution of 3″ with the help of GIS technologies, a morphometric analysis of the territory of the perm Territory at a scale of 1:2.5 million was carried out and a series of morphometric maps was created, as well as an assessment map of the erosion hazard of the relief. According to the results of morphometric analysis, the values of the index of vertical dissection of the relief in the region vary within the range of 0–623 m with an average value of 44 m. The steepness of slopes varies from 0 to 40° with average values of 3°. The horizontal dissection, determined on the basis of the thalweg network of permanent and temporary streams, varies in the range of 0.145–1.202 km/km2. Comparison of morphometric indicators in key areas with the data obtained by traditional methods of morphometric analysis revealed their coincidence at the level of gradations. The following geomorphological factions curtains: wide development of slope surfaces with elevation differences over 50 m and slopes exceeding 3°. According to the results of cartometric analysis, such conditions characterize 35 % of the region’s area. More than half of the region’s area (60 %) has an average density of erosional dissection of 0.5–0.8 km/km2, another 36 % of the area is characterized by moderate values of 0.2–0.5 km/km2. The calculated relief energy index has a value of 3–13 points; on its basis, 4 categories of relief erosion hazard were identified. In accordance with the results obtained, most of the perm Territory (63.0 %) is characterized by a low erosion hazardous relief, 36.6 % by a medium and highly erosion hazardous. The share of land, the relief of which is characterized by zero erosion potential, is 0.4 % of the region’s area.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiang Wu ◽  
Junjie Fang ◽  
Jiangbo Tian

Digital elevation model (DEM) resolution is closely related to the degree of expression of real terrain, the extraction of terrain parameters, and the uncertainty of statistical models. Therefore, based on DEMs with various resolutions, this paper explores the representation and distinguishing ability of different roughness algorithms to measure terrain parameters. Fuyang, a district of Hangzhou City with various landform types, was selected as the research area. Slope, root mean squared height, vector deviation, and two-dimensional continuous wavelet transform were selected as four typical roughness algorithms. The resolutions used were 5, 10, 25, and 50 m DEM on the scale for plains, hills, and mountainous areas. The statistical criteria of effect size and entropy were used as indicators to evaluate and analyze the different roughness algorithms. The results show that in terms of these measures: (1) The expression ability of the SLOPE and root mean squared height (RMSH) algorithms is better than that of the vector deviation method, while the two-dimensional continuous wavelet method based on frequency analysis emphasizes the terrain information within a certain range. (2) The terrain distinguishing ability of the SLOPE and RMSH is not sensitive to the changes in resolution, with the other two algorithms varying with the changes in resolution.


Author(s):  
M. Hubacek ◽  
V. Kovarik ◽  
V. Kratochvil

Digital elevation models are today a common part of geographic information systems and derived applications. The way of their creation is varied. It depends on the extent of area, required accuracy, delivery time, financial resources and technologies available. The first model covering the whole territory of the Czech Republic was created already in the early 1980's. Currently, the 5th DEM generation is being finished. Data collection for this model was realized using the airborne laser scanning which allowed creating the DEM of a new generation having the precision up to a decimetre. Model of such a precision expands the possibilities of employing the DEM and it also offers new opportunities for the use of elevation data especially in a domain of modelling the phenomena dependent on highly accurate data. The examples are precise modelling of hydrological phenomena, studying micro-relief objects, modelling the vehicle movement, detecting and describing historical changes of a landscape, designing constructions etc. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Due to a nature of the technology used for collecting data and generating DEM, it is assumed that the resulting model achieves lower accuracy in areas covered by vegetation and in built-up areas. Therefore the verification of model accuracy was carried out in five selected areas in Moravia. The network of check points was established using a total station in each area. To determine the reference heights of check points, the known geodetic points whose heights were defined using levelling were used. Up to several thousands of points were surveyed in each area. Individual points were selected according to a different configuration of relief, different surface types, and different vegetation coverage. The sets of deviations were obtained by comparing the DEM 5G heights with reference heights which was followed by verification of tested elevation model. Results of the analysis showed that the model reaches generally higher precision than the declared one in majority of areas. This applies in particular to areas covered by vegetation. By contrast, the larger deviations occurred in relation to the slope of the terrain, in particular in the micro-relief objects. The results are presented in this article.


2021 ◽  
Vol 930 (1) ◽  
pp. 012064
Author(s):  
H Hasibuan ◽  
A H Rafsanjani ◽  
D P E Putra ◽  
S S Surjono

Abstract In the hydrogeological map sheet of the Special Region of Yogyakarta, the Mountain Zone is categorized as an area of scarce groundwater. This research is intended to determine the parameters of groundwater potential in the area of scarce groundwater according to the Groundwater Potentiality Index (GPI) methods, including; fractures, lithology, slope, topography, and rainfall. Fracture parameters, distribution, and topography were collected from the Indonesia Geospatial Portal and the Digital Elevation Model (DEM). The lithological parameters were obtained from data from the Geological Agency due to the Interpretation of Remote Sensing Images. Rainfall data for the last ten years was obtained from reports. Results show that most of the research area is a fairly massive rock area, and there are some local faults. The lithological parameters indicate that the research area is composed of breccias, sandstones, and tuffs. Distribution parameters obtained information that most distribution is notated river orders 1, 2, and 3 with several river orders notation 4, 5, and 6. The slope varies from <3% to> 65%, and the intensity of rainfall almost evenly ranges from 1600-2100 mm/year.


2014 ◽  
Vol 567 ◽  
pp. 669-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Munirah Radin Mohd Mokhtar ◽  
Abdul Nasir Matori ◽  
Khamaruzaman Wan Yusof ◽  
Abdul Mutalib Embong ◽  
Muhammad Ikhwan Jamaludin

The purpose of this research is to improve the landslide mapping using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the area of slope displacement. It further presents the UAV namely multi-motor that being used to capture images at the research area located in Parit, Perak. The objective of this research paper is to develop a three dimensional of landslide area produced from the UAV images. For the whole process of image processing, thirty six control points are established using global positioning system (GPS) staic mehtod using Agisoft Photoscan. The results show that the digital elevation model (DEM), aspect Model, slope model, and digital orthophoto can be obtained using the procedure and method used in the study. The information is obtained through accurate assessment results and used to create a 3D model which is then used to monitor technique applications. The restitution stereo model is also by three dimensional rotations or transformation in 3D surface. From here, the landslide can be detected by calculation of three difference epoch data achieved from Digital Elevation Model (DEM) generation. Prior to that, this paper focuses on the monitoring of that area based on DEM area and volume generated from 3D surface analysis. To conclude this study shows that UAV can be used for producing digital map.


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