An accuracy assessment of derived digital elevation models from terrestrial laser scanning in a sub-tropical forested environment

Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Muir, Jasmine ^a,b,c   Goodwin, Nicholas ^a,b   Armston, John ^a,b,d   Phinn, Stuart ^a   Scarth, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Digital elevation model; Forest; Ground; LiDAR; Terrestrial laser scanning

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; ERRORS; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LASER APPLICATIONS; MEDIAN FILTERS; OPTICAL RADAR; SCANNING; SEEBECK EFFECT; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; SURFACE ANALYSIS; SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

ACCURACY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FOREST; GROUND; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING;

SURVEYING;

EID: 85028304843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs9080843     Document Type: Article

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