Improvements in spaceborne laser altimeter data geolocation

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 549-559

  Luthcke, S B ^a   Carabajal, C C ^a   Rowlands, D D ^a   Pavlis, D E ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Geolocation; Instrument biases; Laser altimetry; Laser remote sensing; On orbit calibration techniques; Orbit determination

Indexed keywords

GEOLOCATION; LASER ALTIMETERS;

ALGORITHMS; ANEROID ALTIMETERS; DATA REDUCTION; EARTH (PLANET); LASERS; ORBITS; SPACECRAFT;

GEOPHYSICS;

ALTIMETRY; GEODESY; LASER METHOD; SATELLITE SENSOR;

EID: 0035566883     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015636721365     Document Type: Article

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