Estimating vertical error of SRTM and map-based DEMs using ICESat altimetry data in the eastern Tibetan Plateau

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 5177-5196

  Huang, Xiaodong ^a,b   Xie, Hongjie ^b   Liang, Tiangang ^a   Yi, Donghui ^c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c SGT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; SNOW; STATISTICS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRACKING RADAR;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU; GEOSCIENCE LASER ALTIMETER SYSTEMS; GLACIER VOLUME CHANGE; ICE , CLOUD AND LAND ELEVATION SATELLITES; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; STANDARD DEVIATION; VERTICAL ACCURACY;

SURVEYING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BASELINE SURVEY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELEVATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICESAT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLUME CHANGE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 80053115400     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.495092     Document Type: Article

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