Estimation of average DEM accuracy under linear interpolation considering random error at the nodes of TIN model

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 5509-5523

  Zhu, Changqing ^a,e   Shi, Wenzhong ^b   Li, Qingquan ^c   Wang, Guangxia ^a,e   Cheung, T C K ^b   Dai, Erfu ^d   Shea, G Y K ^b  

^a Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e INFORMATION ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERPOLATION; LINEARIZATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; RANDOM ERRORS; RANDOM PROCESSES; REMOTE SENSING;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; LINEAR INTERPOLATION;

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; TRIANGULATED IRREGULAR NETWORK;

EID: 33745076562     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10245330500169029     Document Type: Article

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