Brightness measurements and calibration with airborne and terrestrial laser scanners

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 528-533

  Kaasalainen, Sanna ^a   Kukko, Antero ^a   Lindroos, Tomi ^b   Litkey, Paula ^a   Kaartinen, Harri ^a   Hyyppä, Juha ^a   Ahokas, Eero ^a  

^a FINNISH GEODETIC INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Backscatter; Laboratory measurement; Laser scanning; Reflectance

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CALIBRATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFLECTION;

LABORATORY MEASUREMENT; LASER SCANNING;

LUMINANCE;

EID: 38349104765     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2007.911366     Document Type: Conference Paper

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