An x-band radar terrain feature detection method for low-altitude svs operations and calibration using LiDAR

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5424, Issue , 2004, Pages 110-124

  Young, Steve ^a   De Haag, Maarten Uijt ^b   Campbell, Jacob ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model; Integrity; LiDAR; Monitoring; Terrain shadowing; X band radar

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MONITORING; OPTICAL RADAR; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SENSORS; VISION;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS; INTEGRITY; TERRAIN SHADOWING; X-BAND RADAR;

RADAR;

EID: 10444250288     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.542452     Document Type: Conference Paper

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