The pyramid system for multiscale raster analysis
Computers & Geosciences
By: L. De Cola and N. Montagne
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Abstract
Geographical research requires the management and analysis of spatial data at multiple scales. As part of the U.S. Geological Survey's global change research program a software system has been developed that reads raster data (such as an image or digital elevation model) and produces a pyramid of aggregated lattices as well as various measurements of spatial complexity. For a given raster dataset the system uses the pyramid to report: (1) mean, (2) variance, (3) a spatial autocorrelation parameter based on multiscale analysis of variance, and (4) a monofractal scaling parameter based on the analysis of isoline lengths. The system is applied to 1-km digital elevation model (DEM) data for a 256-km2 region of central California, as well as to 64 partitions of the region. PYRAMID, which offers robust descriptions of data complexity, also is used to describe the behavior of topographic aspect with scale. ?? 1993.
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De Cola, L., and Montagne, N., 1993, The pyramid system for multiscale raster analysis: Computers & Geosciences, v. 19, no. 10, p. 1393-1404, https://doi.org/10.1016/0098-3004(93)90057-C.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | The pyramid system for multiscale raster analysis |
| Series title | Computers & Geosciences |
| DOI | 10.1016/0098-3004(93)90057-C |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Year Published | 1993 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Publisher location | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Computers and Geosciences |
| First page | 1393 |
| Last page | 1404 |