Optimizing ground return detection through forest canopies with small footprint airborne mapping LiDAR

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1963-1966

  Fernandez Diaz, Juan Carlos ^a   Lee, Heezin ^b   Glennie, Craig L ^a   Carter, William E ^a   Shrestha, Ramesh L ^a   Singhania, Abhinav ^a   Sartori, Michael P ^a   Hauser, Darren L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

forest; ground returns; LiDAR; sensor configuration

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; MILITARY OPERATIONS; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

AIRBORNE LIDAR; AIRBORNE MAPPING; FOREST; FOREST CANOPIES; GROUND RETURN; GROUND SURFACES; SENSOR CONFIGURATIONS; SMALL FOOTPRINTS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84911451221     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946845     Document Type: Conference Paper

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