ICESat geolocation validation using airborne photography

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2758-2766

  Magruder, Lori A ^a   Ricklefs, Randall L ^b   Silverberg, Eric C ^b   Horstman, Matthew F ^c   Suleman, Muhammad A ^b   Schutz, Bob E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c ERC Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Altimetry; And Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat); Cloud; Ice; ICESat calibration; Laser radar

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; AIRBORNE CAMERAS; AIRBORNE PHOTOGRAPHY; ALTIMETRY; AND LAND ELEVATION SATELLITE (ICESAT); DATA PRODUCT VALIDATION; DERIVED DATA; GEOLOCATIONS; GEOSCIENCES; LAND ELEVATION SATELLITES; LASER ALTIMETER; LASER RADARS; LASER SPOTS; MISSION REQUIREMENTS; POINTING KNOWLEDGE; POSITION DETERMINATION; RELATIVE POSITIONS; SATELLITE POSITION;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANEROID ALTIMETERS; CALIBRATION; GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; NASA; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; RADAR;

SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; CLOUD; GEODESY; ICE; ICESAT; NSCAT; POSITIONING SYSTEM; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 77952581478     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2010.2040831     Document Type: Article

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