GEOGRAPHY AND THE PROPERTIES OF SURFACES. CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS-SPATIAL ORDER.

Abstract

Contents: Part I: Demonstration of a general property of closed surfaces; An additional graphical portrayal; Contour lines; Varying the contour interval and singular points; Singular points and lines; Hill and dales and territories; Surfaces and the mathematical functions of three variables; Multiple passes and pales; Hill, dales, territories and general topological considerations; The indicatrix; Surfaces, flows, and dimensions; Part II: Exponential and allometric growth as most probable states for open systems; On the ordering of tree-like course lines on surfaces; The example of the river; On the ordering of tree-like course lines on surfaces: The example of mountain glaciers; On the ordering of points in areas: The example of a central place system for human activities; On the similarities and differences between tree-like and web-like open systems; A theory of geomorphic cyclical evolution based on the graded profile; The potential of population surface and flows; Fronts in the atmosphere and hydrosphere and other discontinuities.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 16, 1967
Accession Number
AD0653464

Entities

People

  • Michael Woldenberg
  • William Warntz

Organizations

  • Harvard University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Contracts
  • Cooperation
  • Demonstrations
  • Discontinuities
  • Earth Sciences
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geography
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Intervals
  • Mountains
  • New York
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Planetary Sciences
  • Space Sciences

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Graph Algorithms and Convex Optimization.
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.