Influence of a Dense, low-height shrub species on the accuracy of a lidar-derived DEM

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 421-431

  Gould, Samuel B ^a   Glenn, Nancy F ^a   Sankey, Temuulen T ^a   McNamara, James P ^b  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SURVEYING;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FILTERING ERROR; GROUND SURFACES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; NATURAL CONDITIONS; OPTIMAL FILTERING; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GROUND COVER; LIDAR; MORPHOLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; SHRUB;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

CEANOTHUS; CEANOTHUS VELUTINUS;

EID: 84877055412     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.79.5.421     Document Type: Article

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