Gridding Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter data with GMT: Effects of pixel size and interpolation methods on DEM integrity

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-72

  Okubo, Chris H ^a   Schultz, Richard A ^a   Stefanelli, Greggory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous surface interpolation; Digital elevation model; Gridding algorithms; Irregularly spaced data; Topography

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTERPOLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS;

GEOSPATIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; TOPOGRAPHIC PROFILES;

PLANETS;

ALGORITHM; ALTIMETRY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; LASER METHOD; MARS; PIXEL; RESOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0942291280     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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