Towards a framework for terrain attribute selection in environmental studies

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  2017

• Venue

  Environmental Modelling & Software

• Publication date

  2017-03-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Computer Science, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.ENVSOFT.2016.11.027
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