Citing and method overview#

When using a method implemented in xDEM, one should cite both the package and the original study behind the method (if there is any)!

Citing xDEM#

To cite the package, use the Zenodo DOI: Zenodo.

Method overview#

For citation and other purposes, here’s an overview of all methods implemented in the package and their reference, if it exists. More details are available on each feature page!

Terrain attributes#

Method

Reference

Slope, aspect and hillshade

Horn (1981) or Zevenbergen and Thorne (1987)

Curvatures

Zevenbergen and Thorne (1987)

Topographic position index

Weiss (2001)

Terrain ruggedness index

Riley et al. (1999) or Wilson et al. (2007)

Roughness

Dartnell (2000)

Rugosity

Jenness (2004)

Fractal roughness

Taud and Parrot (2005)

Coregistration#

Method

Reference

Nuth and Kääb

Nuth and Kääb (2011)

Dh minimization

N/A

Iterative closest point

Besl and McKay (1992)

Vertical shift

N/A

Bias-correction#

Method

Reference

Deramp

N/A

Directional bias (sum of sinuoids)

Girod et al. (2017)

Directional bias (other)

N/A

Terrain bias (maximum curvature)

Gardelle et al. (2012)

Terrain bias (elevation)

Nuth and Kääb (2011)

Terrain bias (other)

N/A

Vertical shift

N/A

Gap-filling#

Method

Reference

Bilinear

N/A

Local and regional hypsometric

Arendt et al. (2002), McNabb et al. (2019)

Uncertainty analysis#

Method

Reference

R2009 (multiple correlation ranges, circular approximation)

Rolstad et al. (2009)

H2022 (heteroscedasticity, multiple correlation ranges, spatial propagation approximation)

Hugonnet et al. (2022)