Topographic airborne LiDAR in geomorphology : A technological perspective

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 55, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 1-29

  Hofle, Bernhard ^a,b   Rutzinger, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airborne Laser Scanning; Airborne LiDAR; Classification; DTM; Geomorphology; Point Cloud

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA PROCESSING; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; LIDAR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EID: 80755159586     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2011/0055-0031     Document Type: Article

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