Ground level determination in forested environment with utilization of a scanner-centered terrestrial laser scanning configuration

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 616-620

  Puttonen, Eetu ^a   Krooks, Anssi ^a   Kaartinen, Harri ^a   Kaasalainen, Sanna ^a  

^a FINNISH GEODETIC INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Digital elevation models; Forestry; Laser scanning; Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; SCANNING; SEEBECK EFFECT; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FORESTED ENVIRONMENT; LASER SCANNING; PRIORI INFORMATION; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE DEVIATION; TERRESTRIAL; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING;

SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84907971529     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2014.2353414     Document Type: Article

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