Ranging performance of satellite laser altimeters

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 1061-1072

  Gardner, Chester S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; LASER APPLICATIONS; PERFORMANCE; REMOTE SENSING;

LASER ALTIMETERS; SATELLITE LASER ALTIMETERS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

MAPPING;

EID: 0026912507     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.175341     Document Type: Article

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