Airborne laser scanning of forested landslides characterization: Terrain model quality and visualization

Geomorphology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 186-200

  Razak, K A ^a,b   Straatsma, M W ^a   van Westen, C J ^a   Malet, J P ^c   de Jong, S M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b MALAYSIA JAPAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; Automatic bare earth extraction; Barcelonnette region; Forested landslides; Landslide filter; Landslide visualization

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; FOREST DYNAMICS; LANDSLIDE; LASER METHOD; VISUALIZATION;

ALPS;

EID: 78650889009     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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