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topographic position index: a standalone construct

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Remote sensing

the difference between a cell's elevation and the mean elevation of its neighbourhood, used to classify slope positions and landforms.

In remote sensing, topographic position index refers to the difference between a cell's elevation and the mean elevation of its neighbourhood, used to classify slope positions and landforms. This meaning comes from De Reu (2013) in Geomorphology.[1]

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References

De Reu, J., Bourgeois, J., Bats, M., Zwertvaegher, A., Gelorini, V., De Smedt, P., Chu, W., Antrop, M., De Maeyer, P., Finke, P., Van Meirvenne, M., Verniers, J., & Crombé, P. (2013). Application of the topographic position index to heterogeneous landscapes. Geomorphology, 186, 39-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.12.015

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