Configuring an airborne laser scanner for detecting airport obstructions

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-46

  Parrish, Christopher E ^a   Tuell, Grady H ^b   Carter, William E ^c   Shrestha, Ramesh L ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIR NAVIGATION; AIRPORTS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; GEODETIC SATELLITES; REMOTE SENSING; SCANNING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNERS; FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA); GEOLOCATION; OBSTRUCTION IDENTIFICATION SURFACES (OIS);

LASER APPLICATIONS;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIRBORNE SENSING; LASER METHOD;

EID: 11244317372     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.71.1.37     Document Type: Review

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