MISR-based passive optical bathymetry from orbit with few-cm level of accuracy on the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 240-255

  Bills, Bruce G ^a,b   Borsa, Adrian A ^b   Comstock, Robert L ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; MISR; Passive optical; Salar de Uyuni; Topography

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FLOODS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ORBITS; SALTS; SURFACE WATERS; TOPOLOGY;

FLOODING CYCLE; LASER ALTIMETRY; MULTI-ANGLE IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MISR); WATER DEPTH MODELS;

BATHYMETRY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALTIMETRY; BATHYMETRY; FLOODING; LASER; OPTICAL METHOD; PLAYA; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER DEPTH;

BOLIVIA; POTOSI [BOLIVIA]; SALAR DE UYUNI; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846919590     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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