Accuracy assessment of the processed SRTM-based elevation data by CGIAR using field data from USA and Thailand and its relation to the terrain characteristics

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 409-415

  Gorokhovich, Y ^a   Voustianiouk, A ^b  

^a Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CGIAR DEM; Comparison; Elevation; GIS; SRTM; Statistics; Terrain; Topography

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; INFORMATION THEORY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ELEVATION; INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CONSORTIUM; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHIC MISSION (SRTM); TOPOGRAPHY;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BASELINE SURVEY; DATA SET; FIELD METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GPS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERRAIN;

APPALACHIANS; ASIA; CATSKILL MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PHUKET [SOUTHERN REGION]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749134046     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.05.012     Document Type: Article

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