Advances in Remote Sensing Technology and the Three Poles

4 An Overview of Morphometry Software Packages, Tools, and Add-ons

Satarupa Mitra¹, Shailendra Pundir², Rahul Devrani^3,4, Aman Arora⁵, Manish Pandey^1,6,*, Romulus Costache^7,8, and Saeid Janizadeh⁹

¹ University Center for Research & Development (UCRD), Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India ² Department of Geology, Centre of Advanced Study, Kumaun University, Nainital, India ³ Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, 33 GMS. Road, Dehradun 248001, India ⁴ Delhi School of Climate Change & Sustainability, Institution of Eminence, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India ⁵ Bihar Mausam Seva Kendra, Planning and Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna 800015, Bihar, India ⁶ Department of Civil Engineering, University Institute of Engineering, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India ⁷ Department of Civil Engineering, Transilvania University of Brasov, 5, Turnului Str, Brasov 500152, Romania ⁸ Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development, 165 Babadag Street, Tulcea 820112, Romania ⁹ Department of Watershed Management Engineering and Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Science, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran 14115-111, Iran ^* Corresponding author

4.1 Introduction

The role of morphometry has been of great interest to the community of geomorphologists working to understand the role of climate and tectonics in the evolution of topography, high relief, deep gorges, valleys, and exhumation of deep crustal rocks (Aravind et al., 2022; ...