Evaluation of single photon and Geiger mode lidar for the 3D Elevation Program

Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Stoker, Jason M ^a   Abdullah, Qassim A ^b   Nayegandhi, Amar ^c   Winehouse, Jayna ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b WOOLPERT INC   (United States)

^c Dewberry   (United States)

Author keywords

Geiger mode; Lidar; Single photon

Indexed keywords

GEIGER COUNTERS; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTONS; ROCK MECHANICS; SPECIFICATIONS;

GEIGER MODES; GROUND CONTROL; HARRIS CORPORATION; LIDAR SYSTEMS; LINEAR MODES; MELBOURNE; SINGLE PHOTONS;

PARTICLE BEAMS;

EID: 85019690101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs8090767     Document Type: Article

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