Using dual-wavelength, full-waveform airborne lidar for surface classification and vegetation characterization

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Leigh, Holly W ^a   Magruder, Lori A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Lidar; pseudowaveform; remote sensing; signal processing; surface classification; voxelization

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; INFRARED DEVICES; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VEGETATION;

CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; CLASSIFICATION RESULTS; LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; PSEUDOWAVEFORM; PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCIES; RANDOM FOREST CLASSIFIER; SURFACE CLASSIFICATION; VOXELIZATION;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 84991093512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.10.045001     Document Type: Article

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