Comparison and validation of the recent freely available ASTER-GDEM ver1, SRTM ver4.1 and GEODATA DEM-9s ver3 digital elevation models over Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-347

  Hirt, C ^a   Filmer, M S ^a   Featherstone, W E ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; MODEL VALIDATION; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77950940509     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120091003677553     Document Type: Article

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