Producing digital elevation models with uncertainty estimates using a multi-scale Kalman filter

Proceedings of ACCURACY 2006 - 7th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 150-159

  Gallant, John C ^a   Hutchinson, Michael F ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model; Multiscale smoothing; SRTM; Uncertainty estimates

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; NATURAL RESOURCES; REACTOR CORES; SURVEYING; TRACKING RADAR; VEGETATION;

DIGITAL ELEVATION DATA; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; MULTI-SCALE SMOOTHING; RANDOM VARIATION; SRTM; TERRAIN ATTRIBUTES; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES; VEGETATION EFFECTS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955810824     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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