Comparing two methods of surface change detection on an evolving thermokarst using high-temporal-frequency terrestrial laser scanning, Selawik River, Alaska

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2813-2837

  Barnhart, Theodore B ^a   Crosby, Benjamin T ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Error analysis; Permafrost; Terrestrial laser scanning; Thermokarst; Topographic change detection

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNERS; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING; THERMOKARST; TOPOGRAPHIC CHANGES; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE;

DATA VISUALIZATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; PERMAFROST; SEEBECK EFFECT; SIGNAL DETECTION; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURVEYS;

SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84880443513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5062813     Document Type: Article

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