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Blair & Hofton 1999
Blair, J.B. and Hofton, M.A. (1999). Modeling laser altimeter return waveforms over complex vegetation using high-resolution elevation data. Geophysical Research Letters 26: doi: 10.1029/1999GL010484. issn: 0094-8276.

The upcoming generation of laser altimeters record the interaction of emitted laser radiation with terrestrial surfaces in the form of a digitized waveform. We model these laser altimeter return waveforms as the sum of the reflections from individual surfaces within laser footprints, accounting for instrument-specific properties. We compare over 1000 modeled and recorded waveform pairs using the Pearson correlation. We show that we reliably synthesize the vertical structure information for vegetation canopies contained in a medium-large diameter laser footprint from a high-resolution elevation data set. ¿ 1999 American Geophysical Union

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Global Change, Biogeochemical processes, Global Change, Remote sensing, Global Change, Instruments and techniques, Mathematical Geophysics
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Geophysical Research Letters
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