Effect of occupation time on the horizontal accuracy of a mapping-grade GNSS receiver under dense forest canopy

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 861-868

  McGaughey, Robert J ^a   Ahmed, Kamal ^b   Andersen, Hans Erik ^a   Reutebuch, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; FORESTRY; MAPPING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

DUAL FREQUENCY; FOREST CANOPIES; FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS; GNSS RECEIVERS; OCCUPATION TIME; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; U.S. FOREST SERVICE;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST INVENTORY; GNSS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

EID: 85037040701     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.83.12.861     Document Type: Article

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