Measurements of land surface features using an airborne laser altimeter: The HAPEX-sahel experiment

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 3705-3724

  Ritchie, J C ^a   Menenti, M ^b   Weltz, M A ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; LAND USE; LASER APPLICATIONS; MORPHOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

AIRBORNE LASER ALTIMETERS; LASER TRANSECTS;

REMOTE SENSING;

ALTIMETER; HAPEX-SAHEL EXPERIMENT; LAND SURFACE; LANDSCAPE; SOIL ROUGHNESS; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

NIGER;

EID: 0030439620     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169608949179     Document Type: Article

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