Reduction of ICESat systematic geolocation errors and the impact on ice sheet elevation change detection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Luthcke, Scott B ^a   Rowlands, D D ^a   Williams, T A ^b   Sirota, M ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SGT INC   (United States)

^c SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ESTIMATION; ICE; LASER PULSES; SPACECRAFT;

GEOLOCATION ERRORS; GEOSCIENCE LASER ALTIMETER SYSTEM (GLAS); ICE SHEET;

WEATHER SATELLITES;

ERROR CORRECTION; ICE SHEET; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

EID: 29344446851     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023689     Document Type: Article

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