The relevance of GLAS/ICESat elevation data for the monitoring of river networks

Remote Sensing

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 708-720

  Baghdadi, Nicolas ^a   Lemarquand, Nicolas ^a   Abdallah, Hani ^a   Bailly, Jean Stéphane ^a  

^a UMR TETIS   (France)

Author keywords

Elevation; ICESat; Lakes; Lidar; Rivers

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; ELEVATION; ELEVATION DATA; GEOSCIENCE LASER ALTIMETER SYSTEM; ICE , CLOUD AND LAND ELEVATION SATELLITES; ICESAT; LASER ALTIMETRY; LASER DATA; QUALITY OF WATER; RIVER NETWORK; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; STANDARD DEVIATION; SWITZERLAND; WATER ELEVATION; WATER FOOTPRINT; WAVE FORMS;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; LAKES; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIO ALTIMETERS; RIVERS; WATER LEVELS; WATER QUALITY;

SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS;

EID: 80051863476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs3040708     Document Type: Article

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