Correction of the attenuation effect of vegetation on airborne gamma-ray spectrometry data using laser altimeter data

Near Surface Geophysics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 271-278

  Ahl, Andreas ^a   Bieber, Gerhard ^a  

^a ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ALTIMETER; CORRECTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; LASER METHOD; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE;

EID: 77955463203     PISSN: 15694445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2010013     Document Type: Article

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