CLIMATE-CHANGE
; HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT
; IRRIGATION
; REQUIREMENTS
WOS学科分类:
Geography, Physical
; Remote Sensing
WOS研究方向:
Physical Geography
; Remote Sensing
英文摘要:
Structural measures for retaining and distributing wateri.e., reservoirs, flood retention and power plantsplay a key role to protect and feed a growing world population in a rapidly changing climate. In this work, we introduce an automated method to detect potential reservoir or retention area locations in digital terrain models. In this context, a potential reservoir is a larger terrain form that can be turned into an actual reservoir by constructing a dam. Based on contour lines derived from terrain models, potential reservoirs are found within a predefined range of dam lengths, and the locally optimal ones are then extracted. Our method is to be applied in the very early stages of project planning and for area-wide potential analysis. Tests in a 100 km(2) study area bring promising results, but also show a certain sensitivity regarding terrain model quality and resolution. In total, 250-300 candidate polygons with a total volume of more than 6 million m(3) were found. In order to facilitate further processing, these are stored as a GIS vector dataset.
TU Wien, Dept Geodesy & Geoinformat, Res Grp Photogrammetry, Gusshausstr 27-29, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
Recommended Citation:
Wimmer, Michael H.,Pfeifer, Norbert,Hollaus, Markus. Automatic Detection of Potential Dam Locations in Digital Terrain Models[J]. ISPRS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION,2019-01-01,8(4)