Evaluation of vertical accuracy of open source Digital Elevation Model (DEM)

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 205-217

  Mukherjee, Sandip ^a,b   Joshi, P K ^b   Mukherjee, Samadrita ^a   Ghosh, Aniruddha ^b   Garg, R D ^c   Mukhopadhyay, Anirban ^d  

^a National Technological Research Organisation (NTRO)   (India)

^b TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^d JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aster; Cartosat; DEM accuracy; Srtm; Terrain morphology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASTER; CARTOSAT-1; DATA ACQUISITION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; LAND COVER; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; TERRAIN;

EID: 84872769578     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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