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There are differences in the operation of detectors of different (although similar type) instruments, and the detector effects must be known in order to calibrate the intensity data into values representing the target reflectance. It is, therefore, important that the effects of distance and target reflectance on the recorded intensity are carefully studied before using the intensity data from any terrestrial laser scanner.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs1030144","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,7,3]],"date-time":"2009-07-03T11:29:49Z","timestamp":1246620589000},"page":"144-158","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":113,"title":["Radiometric Calibration of Terrestrial Laser Scanners with External Reference Targets"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"1","author":[{"given":"Sanna","family":"Kaasalainen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Finnish Geodetic Institute, Geodeetinrinne 2, 02431 Masala, Finland"}]},{"given":"Anssi","family":"Krooks","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Finnish Geodetic Institute, Geodeetinrinne 2, 02431 Masala, Finland"}]},{"given":"Antero","family":"Kukko","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Finnish Geodetic Institute, Geodeetinrinne 2, 02431 Masala, Finland"}]},{"given":"Harri","family":"Kaartinen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Finnish Geodetic Institute, Geodeetinrinne 2, 02431 Masala, Finland"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2009,7,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"155","article-title":"Experiences with terrestrial laserscanner modelling and accuracy assessment","volume":"36","author":"Lichti","year":"2006","journal-title":"Int. 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