Precision and accuracy of satellite radar and laser altimeter data over the continental ice sheets

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 321-331

  Brenner, Anita C ^a   DiMarzio, John P ^b   Zwally, H Jay ^c  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b SGT INC   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Ice; Laser measurements; Radar altimetry; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ICE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ALTIMETRY; ICE SHEETS; LASER ALTIMETERS; LASER MEASUREMENTS; RADAR ALTIMETRY;

RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846622393     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2006.887172     Document Type: Article

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