Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) on the ICESat mission: On-orbit measurement performance

Geophysical Research Letters

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

  Abshire, James B ^a   Sun, Xiaoli ^a   Riris, Haris ^a   Sirota, J Marcos ^a   McGarry, Jan F ^a   Palm, Steve ^a   Yi, Donghui ^a   Liiva, Peter ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GEOPHYSICS; INSTRUMENT TESTING; LASER APPLICATIONS; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

ALTIMETER RECEIVER; GEOSCIENCE LASER ALTIMETER SYSTEM (GLAS); ON-ORBIT MEASUREMENT; SPACE LIDAR;

WEATHER SATELLITES;

LASER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

EID: 29344454447     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024028     Document Type: Article

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