Observations of the earth's topography from the Shuttle Laser Altimeter (SLA): Laser-pulse echo-recovery measurements of terrestrial surfaces

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 23, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 1053-1068

  Garvin, J ^a   Bufton, J ^a   Blair, J ^a   Harding, D ^a   Luthcke, S ^b   Frawley, J ^b   Rowlands, D ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; LASER METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032470126     PISSN: 00791946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-1946(98)00145-1     Document Type: Article

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