Improved progressive TIN densification filtering algorithm for airborne LiDAR data in forested areas

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 117, Issue , 2016, Pages 79-91

  Zhao, Xiaoqian ^a,b   Guo, Qinghua ^a,c   Su, Yanjun ^c   Xue, Baolin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital terrain model; Ground filtering; Ground points; Light detection and ranging; Triangulated irregular network

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; ITERATIVE METHODS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; TRIANGULATION;

DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; GROUND FILTERING; GROUND POINT; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; TRIANGULATED IRREGULAR NETWORKS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

AIRBORNE SENSING; ALGORITHM; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LIDAR; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TERRAIN; TRIANGULATED IRREGULAR NETWORK;

EID: 84962753074     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2016.03.016     Document Type: Article

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