Radiometric calibration of full-waveform small-footprint airborne laser scanners

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

Volumn 37, Issue , 2008, Pages 163-168

  Wagner, W ^a   Hyyppa J ^b   Ullrich, A ^c   Lehner, H ^a   Briese, C ^a   Kaasalainen, S ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b FINNISH GEODETIC INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c RIEGL LASER MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Calibration; Classification; Laser scanning; Lidar; Point cloud; Radiometry

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); LASER APPLICATIONS; MAPPING; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SCANNING; SURFACE ANALYSIS; URBAN GROWTH; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNERS; AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES; LASER SCANNING; POINT CLOUD; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 85025475359     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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