Abstract
Digital relief models provide a digital elevation and/or bathymetry representation of the earth surface onto which data from remote sensing satellites can be projected to show these data in a virtual 3D rendering. Prior to satellite altimetry mapping, the only way to obtain such maps was from surface mapping or photogrammetry from stereo photos from aircraft for onshore and from onboard echolot measurements of the water depth. Remote sensing has changed the spatial coverage and the accuracy of digital relief models completely. We provide a summary on the different types of digital relief models, show their global coverage and list the characteristic parameters before showing applications from local to global scale.
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Laake, A. (2022). Digital Relief Models. In: Remote Sensing for Hydrocarbon Exploration. Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73319-3_4
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