Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) on the ICESat Mission: Pre-launch and on-orbit measurement performance

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1534-1536

  Abshire, James B ^a,a   Sun, Xiaoli ^a   Riris, Haris ^a   Sirota, Marcos ^a   McGarry, J ^a   Palm, Steve ^a   Ketchum, Eleanor A ^a   Follas, Ronald B ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; INSTRUMENT TESTING; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL RADAR; ORBITS;

BENCH CHECK EQUIPMENT (BCE); GEOSCIENCE LASER ALTIMETER SYSTEMS (GLAS);

RADIO ALTIMETERS;

EID: 0242542348     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/igarss.2003.1294166     Document Type: Conference Paper

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