Terrestrial laser scan error in the presence of dense ground vegetation

Photogrammetric Record

Volumn 26, Issue 135, 2011, Pages 307-324

  Coveney, Seamus ^a   Stewart Fotheringham, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bare ground height; Error due to ground level vegetation; GPS data fusion; Point cloud georeferencing; Saltmarsh; Terrestrial laser scanning

Indexed keywords

BARE-GROUND HEIGHT; GPS DATA FUSION; POINT CLOUD; SALT MARSHES; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING;

AGRICULTURE; DATA FUSION; DATA HANDLING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INFORMATION FUSION; LASER APPLICATIONS; SEEBECK EFFECT; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; VEGETATION;

SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; ELEVATION; GPS; KRIGING; LASER METHOD; SALTMARSH; SCANNER; SURVEYING; VEGETATION;

EID: 80052799149     PISSN: 0031868X     EISSN: 14779730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9730.2011.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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