ICESat waveform measurements of within-footprint topographic relief and vegetation vertical structure

Geophysical Research Letters

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

  Harding, David J ^a   Carabajal, Claudia C ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOSCIENCE LASER ALTIMETER SYSTEM; ICE CLOUD AND LAND ELEVATION SATELLITE;

WEATHER SATELLITES;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 29344451449     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023471     Document Type: Article

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