A high-accuracy method for filling voids and its verification

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2815-2830

  Yue, Tian Xiang ^a,b   Chen, Chuan FA ^c   Li, Bai Lian ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILLING; INTERPOLATION; LANDFORMS;

AUXILIARY DATA; HIGH ACCURACY METHODS; INVERSE DISTANCE-WEIGHTED INTERPOLATION; MOUNTAINOUS AREA; SPLINE METHODS; SURFACE MODELLING; TANGENT VECTORS; TRIANGULATED IRREGULAR NETWORKS;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; GEODESY; HILL; KRIGING; MODELING; MOUNTAIN; PLATEAU; TRIANGULATED IRREGULAR NETWORK; VOID;

EID: 84863231855     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2011.621465     Document Type: Article

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