Smoothing/filtering LiDAR digital surface models. Experiments with loess regression and discrete wavelets

Journal of Geographical Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 273-290

  Tate, Nicholas J ^a   Brunsdon, Chris ^b   Charlton, Martin ^c   Fotheringham, A Stewart ^c   Jarvis, Claire H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Digital surface model; LiDAR data

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; LIDAR; LOESS; SMOOTHING; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

COQUET RIVER; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHUMBERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33644776598     PISSN: 14355930     EISSN: 14355949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10109-005-0007-4     Document Type: Article

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