Laser pulse variations and their influence on radiometric calibration of full-waveform laser scanner data

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 38, Issue 5W12, 2011, Pages 37-42

  Roncat, A ^a   Lehner, H ^a   Briese, C ^a,b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Error assessment; Full waveform; Laser scanning; Radiometric calibration

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER PULSES; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION CONSTANTS; ERROR ASSESSMENT; ERROR PROPAGATION LAW; FULL-WAVEFORMS; INFORMATION CONTENTS; LASER SCANNING; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; RADIOMETRIC QUANTITIES;

SCANNING;

EID: 84924288825     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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