Airborne Laser Swath Mapping: Achieving the resolution and accuracy required for geosurficial research

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  Slatton, K Clint ^a   Carter, William E ^a   Shrestha, Ramesh L ^a   Dietrich, William ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER PULSES; TOPOGRAPHY;

AIRBORNE LASER SWATH MAPPING; LAND SURFACE PROCESSES; LASER PULSE RATES;

PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRBORNE SENSING; AIRBORNE SENSOR; DATA PROCESSING; DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; LAND SURFACE; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EID: 39049162361     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031939     Document Type: Article

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