Evaluation of ASTER GDEM using GPS benchmarks and SRTM in China

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1744-1771

  Li, Peng ^a   Shi, Chuang ^a   Li, Zhenhong ^b   Muller, Jan Peter ^c   Drummond, Jane ^b   Li, Xiuyang ^d   Li, Tao ^a   Li, Yingbing ^a   Liu, Jingnan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; ROCK MECHANICS; SURVEYING; TRACKING RADAR;

ADVANCED SPACEBORNE THERMAL EMISSION AND REFLECTION RADIOMETER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GROUND CONTROL POINTS; INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURE; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS;

SPACE-BASED RADAR;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASTER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GPS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION;

EID: 84868530146     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2012.726752     Document Type: Article

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