Icesat lidar and global Digital Elevation Models: Applications to DESDynI

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1907-1910

  Carabajal, Claudia C ^a   Harding, David J ^a   Suchdeo, Vijay P ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DEM accuracy; DESDynI; Elevation errors; Global geodetic control; ICESat; Laser altimetry

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; EARTH (PLANET); GEODESY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ICE CONTROL; NASA; OPTICAL RADAR; QUALITY CONTROL; REMOTE SENSING; ROCK MECHANICS; TOPOGRAPHY; TRACKING RADAR; VEGETATION;

DEM ACCURACY; DESDYNI; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GROUND CONTROL POINTS; ICE , CLOUD AND LAND ELEVATION SATELLITES; ICESAT; LASER ALTIMETRY; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION;

SURVEYING;

EID: 78650898628     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5650201     Document Type: Conference Paper

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