<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>We introduce three related mathematical measures of terrain based on a particularly elegant combination of relief and steepness, which we term omnidirectional relief and steepness (ORS). One measure, reduced ORS (RORS), is particularly suited to creating lists of notable features, and another, domain relief and steepness (DRS), measures the ruggedness of a region.</p></abstract>

We introduce three related mathematical measures of terrain based on a particularly elegant combination of relief and steepness, which we term omnidirectional relief and steepness (ORS). One measure, reduced ORS (RORS), is particularly suited to creating lists of notable features, and another, domain relief and steepness (DRS), measures the ruggedness of a region.

Cloud-Capped Towers: Capturing Terrain Characteristics Using Topographic Functionals

Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Quaestiones Geographicae

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We introduce three related mathematical measures of terrain based on a particularly elegant combination of relief and steepness, which we term omnidirectional...

Cloud-Capped Towers: Capturing Terrain Characteristics Using Topographic Functionals

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 7 - 23

Received: Jun 26, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/quageo-2015-0033

Keywords
topography, orography, hypsometry, landforms, mathematical measures of terrain

© 2015 Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Cloud-Capped Towers: Capturing Terrain Characteristics Using Topographic Functionals

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 7 - 23

Received: Jun 26, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/quageo-2015-0033

Keywordstopography, orography, hypsometry, landforms, mathematical measures of terrain

© 2015 Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
topography, orography, hypsometry, landforms, mathematical measures of terrain