Vertical distance above or below a reference surface refers to elevation. Elevation defines the relative position of each feature within an area.
Scan -- Creates a map summarizing the values of a map that occur in the vicinity of each cell. Subtracting Minimum elevation/km from Maximum elevation/km gives the relief of the area.

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Institute of Water Research, Michigan
State University
Last Revision: February 22, 1997