Extracting ground-level DEM from SRTM DEM in forest environments based on mathematical morphology

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 6333-6340

  Liu, Jung Kuan ^a   Liu, Desheng ^b   Alsdorf, Douglas ^c  

^a BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground level digital elevation model (DEM); mathematical morphology; National Elevation Data Set (NED); Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) DEM

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; TRACKING RADAR;

ADAPTIVE STRUCTURING ELEMENTS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELEVATION DATA; MORPHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; TOPOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION; WATERSHED SEGMENTATION;

SURVEYING;

DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEGMENTATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY; MODELS; RADAR; SURVEYING;

EID: 84901830513     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2013.2296232     Document Type: Article

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