Toward an optimal algorithm for LiDAR waveform decomposition

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 482-486

  Qin, Yuchu ^a,b   Vu, Tuong Thuy ^c   Ban, Yifang ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Curve fitting; Gaussian decomposition; light detection and ranging (LiDAR); waveform

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN DECOMPOSITION; GAUSSIAN FUNCTIONS; IMAGING SENSORS; INFLECTION POINTS; INITIAL PARAMETER; LIDAR SYSTEMS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR); LINE SEGMENT; OPTIMAL ALGORITHM; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; SMALL-FOOTPRINT LIDARS; SPATIAL RELATIONS; WAVE FORMS;

ALGORITHMS; CURVE FITTING;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 84858069491     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2011.2172676     Document Type: Article

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