NPTEL - Digital elevation models and applications
offered by IIT Roorkee

Public/Government Institute
Estd. 1847

Digital elevation models and applications
at
IIT Roorkee
Overview

Gain a comprehensive overview of the Digital elevation models principles and concepts

Duration	4 weeks
Mode of learning	Online
Credential	Certificate

Digital elevation models and applications
at
IIT Roorkee
Highlights

Earn a E- certificate of completion from IIT Roorkee

Digital elevation models and applications
at
IIT Roorkee
Course details

Skills you will learn

Simulation

Who should do this course?

For Under graduate and post graduate engineering students and post graduate science students

More about this course

The proposed course provides basic understanding about digital elevation models (DEMs) and their applications in Civil Engineering and Earth Sciences
Further, in the proposed course various DEMs, their source, generation techniques, derivatives, errors and limitations would be discussed extensively
Surface Hydrologic Modelling using DEMs, modelling derivatives and their applications would also be discussed

Digital elevation models and applications
at
IIT Roorkee
Curriculum

Week 1

Concept of digital elevation model (DEM) and how it is represented?

Various techniques to generate digital elevation models-1

Various techniques to generate digital elevation models-2

Various techniques to generate digital elevation models-3

Importance of spatial resolution with DEMs

Week 2

How to assess quality of a DEM?

Integration of DEMs with satellite data

Common derivatives of DEMs -Slope and aspect Triangulated Irregular Network (TIN) and its derivatives Shaded relief models and their applications

Week 3

DEMs derivatives ? 1

DEMs derivatives ? 2

DEMs derivatives ? 3

DEMs derivatives ? 4

DEM based Surface Hydrologic Modelling-1

Week 4

DEMs based Surface Hydrologic Modelling-2

DEMs and dam simulation and its application in groundwater hydrology

Applications of DEMs in solar and wind energy potential estimations

Applications of DEMs in Viewshed and Flood Hazard Mapping DEMs Sources

Limitations and future of Digital Elevation Models

Digital elevation models and applications
at
IIT Roorkee
Faculty details

Dr. Arun K. Saraf

He is taken Ph. D. (Remote Sensing) from University of Dundee, United Kingdom. Presently he is working as Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, and teaches courses on Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Advanced GIS, Remote Sensing, Geomorphology etc. to under- and post-graduate students of Geological Technology and Applied Geology.