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Analysis of the Information Content of Environmental Data Using GIS Procedures

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Integrated Approach to Environmental Data Management Systems

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This paper shows how the entropy concept can be used inside the GIS to evaluate information content present in spatially distributed data structures. More specifically, referring to both raster and vector data structures, some experiences are shown which have been obtained on an experimental basin about the use of the entropy concept in the identification of the most suitable data set (characterized by means of the smallest data volume) to describe the rainfall-runoff process.

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  1. Defense of the Soil Department, University of Calabria, C. da S.Antonello, 87040, Montalto Uffugo, Cosenza, Italy

    G. Mendicino

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  1. Faculty of Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Dokuz Eylul University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

    Nilgun B. Harmancioglu  & Sevinc D. Ozkul  & 

  2. Faculty of Engineering, Environmental Engineering Department, Dokuz Eylul University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

    M. Necdet Alpaslan

  3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

    Vijay P. Singh

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Mendicino, G. (1997). Analysis of the Information Content of Environmental Data Using GIS Procedures. In: Harmancioglu, N.B., Alpaslan, M.N., Ozkul, S.D., Singh, V.P. (eds) Integrated Approach to Environmental Data Management Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 31. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5616-5_32

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