ICESAT/GLAS laser pointing determination

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 112 I, Issue , 2002, Pages 359-370

  Bae, Sungkoo ^a   Schutz, Bob E ^a   Sirota, J Marcos ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b Sigma Research and Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANEROID ALTIMETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GYROSCOPES; KALMAN FILTERING; LASER BEAMS; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; POSITION MEASUREMENT; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL;

CRYOSPHERE; GEOSCIENCE LASER ALTIMETER SYSTEM; HEMISPHERICAL RESONATOR GYROS; ICE CLOUD AND LAND ELEVATION SATELLITE; ICE SHEET ELEVATION MEASUREMENT; LASER POINTING DETERMINATION; OPTICAL BENCH; PRECISION ATTITUDE DETERMINATION; STAR TRACKER; STELLAR REFERENCE SYSTEM;

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EID: 0036915323     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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