Investigating the Terrain Complexity from ATL06 ICESat-2 Data for Terrain Elevation and Its Use for Assessment of Openly Accessible InSAR Based DEMs in Parts of Himalaya’s †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Area
3. Material
3.1. Openly Accessible DEMs
3.1.1. TanDEM-X 90
3.1.2. ALOS PALSAR RTC HR DEM
3.2. Spaceborne LiDAR Data (ICESat-2)
4. Method
5. Results and Discussion
6. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Bhardwaj, A. Investigating the Terrain Complexity from ATL06 ICESat-2 Data for Terrain Elevation and Its Use for Assessment of Openly Accessible InSAR Based DEMs in Parts of Himalaya’s. Eng. Proc. 2021, 10, 65. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecsa-8-11327
Bhardwaj A. Investigating the Terrain Complexity from ATL06 ICESat-2 Data for Terrain Elevation and Its Use for Assessment of Openly Accessible InSAR Based DEMs in Parts of Himalaya’s. Engineering Proceedings. 2021; 10(1):65. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecsa-8-11327
Chicago/Turabian StyleBhardwaj, Ashutosh. 2021. "Investigating the Terrain Complexity from ATL06 ICESat-2 Data for Terrain Elevation and Its Use for Assessment of Openly Accessible InSAR Based DEMs in Parts of Himalaya’s" Engineering Proceedings 10, no. 1: 65. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecsa-8-11327