David Smith and Lang Moore,
Duke University
Bill Mueller, Mathworks
with the assistance of
Frank Wattenberg, U. S. Military Academy
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| Purpose: to establish
the meanings of gradient and directional derivative in the context of a
contour map of real terrain |
| Prerequisites:
the concepts of gradient and directional derivative |
| Equipment
needed: a spreadsheet program or a word processor program and a calculator |
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| Photo credit: National
Park Service, Yosemite National
Park home page. For other views of Yosemite, visit Virtual
Yosemite site. For many other links to Yosemite information, try the
Yosemite Web Index. |
