Characterizing the error distribution of lidar elevation data for North Carolina

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 409-430

  Zandbergen, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEAN SQUARE ERROR; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL RADAR; STATISTICS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION DATA; ERROR DISTRIBUTIONS; FLOODPLAIN MAPPING; POSITIONAL ERRORS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SPATIAL DATA QUALITY; STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES;

ERRORS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIDAR; MAPPING; OUTLIER; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DATA;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551677529     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160903474939     Document Type: Article

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