Influence of vegetation, slope, and lidar sampling angle on DEM accuracy

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1265-1274

  Su, Jason ^a   Bork, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; VEGETATION;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS (DEM); LASER STATION; SAMPLING ANGLE; VERTICAL ABSOLUTE ERRORS;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ERROR ANALYSIS; GIS; GPS; INTERPOLATION; LANDSCAPE; LIDAR; RANGELAND; SLOPE; VEGETATION TYPE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33750814699     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.72.11.1265     Document Type: Review

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