Noise reduction for lidar returns using local threshold wavelet analysis

Optical and Quantum Electronics

Volumn 43, Issue 1-5, 2012, Pages 59-68

  Mao, Jiandong ^a  

^a BEIFANG UNIVERSITY OF NATIONALITIES   (China)

Author keywords

Mie lidar; Noise reduction; Signal processing; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND NOISE; DENOISING METHODS; GLOBAL THRESHOLD; HIGH FREQUENCY; NOISE REDUCTIONS; RANDOM NOISE; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; RETURN SIGNALS; SLIDING-WINDOW; STANDARD DEVIATION; THRESHOLD METHODS; WAVELET ANALYSIS METHOD; WAVELET METHODS; WEAK SIGNALS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WAVELET DECOMPOSITION;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 84856516542     PISSN: 03068919     EISSN: 1572817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11082-011-9503-6     Document Type: Article

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