CoastalDEM: A global coastal digital elevation model improved from SRTM using a neural network

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 206, Issue , 2018, Pages 231-239

  Kulp, Scott A ^a   Strauss, Benjamin H ^a  

^a Climate Central   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal flood risk; DEMs; Neural network; SRTM

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; FLOODS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL RADAR; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL; SURVEYING; TRACKING RADAR; URBAN GROWTH;

AUSTRALIA; AUXILIARY DATA; COASTAL FLOOD RISKS; DATA PRODUCTS; DEM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELEVATION DATA; LAND COVER; NEURAL-NETWORKS; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION;

NASA;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COASTAL ZONE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOOD; LAND COVER; LIDAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION INDEX;

EID: 85039704556     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2017.12.026     Document Type: Article

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