Assessment of radargrammetric DSMs from TerraSAR-X Stripmap images in a mountainous relief area of the Amazon region

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-72

  de Oliveira, Cleber Gonzales ^a   Paradella, Waldir Renato ^a   da Silva, Arnaldo de Queiroz ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian Amazon; DSM; TerraSAR X Stripmap; Topographic mapping

Indexed keywords

AMAZON REGION; BRAZILIAN AMAZON; CHI-SQUARED DISTRIBUTION; CLASS A; DENSE VEGETATION; DIGITAL SURFACE MODELS; DSM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROUND CONTROL POINTS; INDEPENDENT CHECK POINTS; LOW QUALITIES; MOUNTAINOUS AREA; RENEWABLE AND NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; STRIPMAP; T DISTRIBUTION; TERRASAR-X; TERRASAR-X STRIPMAP; TOPOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MAPPING; ROCK MECHANICS;

SATELLITES;

CARTOGRAPHY; ELEVATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; CARAJAS; PARA [BRAZIL];

EID: 78650719456     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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