Investigating error structure of shuttle radar topography mission elevation data product

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Becek, Kazimierz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; ERRORS; PIXELS; RADAR; TRACKING RADAR;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALL OVER THE WORLD; DOWN-SAMPLING; ELEVATION DATA; ERROR ESTIMATES; ERROR SOURCES; ERROR STRUCTURES; INSTRUMENTAL ERRORS; METALLIC OBJECTS; PIXEL SIZES; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; VERTICAL ACCURACY;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ELEVATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MODELING; PIXEL; RADAR;

EID: 53749106138     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034592     Document Type: Article

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