The application of LiDAR to assessment of rooftop solar photovoltaic deployment potential in a municipal district unit

Sensors

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 4534-4558

  Nguyen, Ha T ^a   Pearce, Joshua M ^b   Harrap, Rob ^c   Barber, Gerald ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; ALS; Digital surface model; DSM; LiDAR; Light detection and ranging; Photovoltaic; Roof extraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860273470     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120404534     Document Type: Article

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