Assessing the value of UAV photogrammetry for characterizing terrain in complex peatlands

Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Lovitt, Julie ^a   Rahman, Mir Mustafizur ^a   McDermid, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

LiDAR; Microtopography; Peatlands; Photogrammetry; Point clouds; Terrain; UAV

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE GASES; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; WETLANDS;

ALBERTA , CANADA; COMPLEX CONDITION; GREENHOUSE GAS FLUXES; MICRO TOPOGRAPHY; PEAT LAND; POINT CLOUD; REFERENCE MEASUREMENTS; TERRAIN;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 85022337791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs9070715     Document Type: Article

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