Title :
Interpolation techniques for a LIDAR profiler system
Author :
Sasmal, D. ; Lu, W.-S. ; Shpak, D. ; Antoniou, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Victoria Univ., BC, Canada
Abstract :
A nonuniform interpolation technique for use in a LIDAR profiler system is presented. The technique has been implemented to obtain the ground and canopy cover profiles from LIDAR profiling data containing ground and vegetation information, and it entails a two-stage process. In the first stage, the irregularly spaced data points are interpolated to regularise the data points. In the second stage, uniform interpolation is applied to the regularized data points to obtain the required profiles
Keywords :
airborne radar; interpolation; optical radar; remote sensing by radar; vegetation mapping; LIDAR profiler system; canopy cover profiles; ground information; nonuniform interpolation technique; regularized data points; vegetation information; Aircraft; Costs; Electronic mail; Interpolation; Laser applications; Laser radar; Pulse measurements; Soil measurements; Time measurement; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, 1999 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Victoria, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5582-2
DOI :
10.1109/PACRIM.1999.799508
