TERRAIN QUANTIFICATION. PHASE II. PLAYA AND MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES.
Abstract
This report presents results of work conducted as a continuation of the program described in 'Terrain Quantification, Phase I: Surface Geometry Measurements'. Field investigations were undertaken to test militarily significant techniques for mapping terrain factors in a desert environment characterized by playas and related landforms. This was supplemented by of fice studies concerned with: (a) 'state-of-the art' methods for measurement and classification of microrelief; (b) extrapolation of surface geometry parameters from smaller to larger map scales; and (c) landform analysis by application of microdensitometer measurements on aerial photographs. Concs, though tentative in nature, point up the lack of any suitable tech nique or system for microrelief classification and indicate that areal slope distributions de termined from contour maps are not satisfactory as index properties of surface geometry. The conceptual basis for a new terrain sampling method is discussed. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 06, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0426544
Entities
People
- Donald D. Carr
- Jack R. Van
- Ronald E. Becker
Organizations
- Texas Instruments