Global assessment of the new ASTER global digital elevation model

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 335-349

  Slater, James A ^a   Heady, Barry ^b,c   Kroenung, George ^c   Curtis, William ^c   Haase, Jeffrey ^c   Hoegemann, Daryl ^c   Shockley, Casey ^c   Tracy, Kevin ^c  

^a National Geospatial Intelligence Agency   (United States)

^b INTEGRITY APPLICATIONS INCORPORATED   (United States)

^c National Geospatial Intelligence Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; NASA; ROCK MECHANICS; SURVEYING;

ADVANCED SPACEBORNE THERMAL EMISSION AND REFLECTION RADIOMETER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT; GROUND CONTROL POINTS; GROUND RESOLUTION; MINISTRY OF ECONOMY , TRADE AND INDUSTRIES; TERRA SATELLITES; US NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATIONS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASTER; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; RESOLUTION; TERRA (SATELLITE); TOPOGRAPHY;

JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960126510     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.77.4.335     Document Type: Article

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