Absolute radiometric calibration of ALS intensity data: Effects on accuracy and target classification

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 10586-10602

  Kaasalainen, Sanna ^a   Pyysalo, Ulla ^a   Krooks, Anssi ^a   Vain, Ants ^a,b   Kukko, Antero ^a   Hyyppä, Juha ^a   Kaasalainen, Mikko ^c  

^a FINNISH GEODETIC INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

06.20.fb remote sensing; 07.07.Df 07.07.Df sensors; 42.68.Wt; 42.79.Qx calibration; LiDAR; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 82055194252     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s111110586     Document Type: Article

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