Analysis of laser remote sensing technology needs in the earth sciences: A decadal-scale outlook

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Tratt, David M ^a   Neff, Jon M ^a   Valinia, Azita ^b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth remote sensing; Laser altimetry; Laser radar; Lidar; Societal impacts

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; NASA; OPTICAL RADAR; EARTH (PLANET);

EARTH REMOTE SENSING; LASER ALTIMETRY; LASER REMOTE SENSING; NASA EARTH SCIENCE; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING; SOCIETAL IMPACTS; WORKING GROUPS; IN CONTEXTS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 61349086837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3036940     Document Type: Article

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