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DOI 10.1002/ppp.531
Title (Primary) Quantifying permafrost patterns using Minkowski densities
Author Roth, K.; Boike, J.; Vogel, H.-J.
Source Titel Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
Year 2005
Department BOPHY
Volume 16
Issue 3
Page From 277
Page To 290
Language englisch
Keywords permafrost; patterned ground; density functions
Abstract Minkowski densities and density functions are measures for quantifying arbitrary binary patterns. They are employed here to describe permafrost patterns obtained from aerial photographs. We demonstrate that images taken at two neighbouring sites shown distinctly different patterns and quantify the difference. It is found that one of the sites exhibits an essentially single-scale structure while the other one has a multiscale organization. Minkowski densities and density functions are thus proposed as sensitive and objective measures to quantify the change of permafrost patterns in space or in time
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Roth, K., Boike, J., Vogel, H.-J. (2005):
Quantifying permafrost patterns using Minkowski densities
Permafrost Periglacial Process. 16 (3), 277 - 290 10.1002/ppp.531