Earth science applications of ICESat/GLAS

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 8837-8864

  Wang, Xianwei ^a   Cheng, Xiao ^b   Gong, Peng ^a,c   Huang, Huabing ^a   Li, Zhan ^a   Li, Xiaowen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; SEA ICE; WATER LEVELS;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; FOREST HEIGHT; GEOSCIENCE LASER ALTIMETER SYSTEMS; LAND ELEVATION SATELLITES; LARGE VOLUMES; SCIENCE APPLICATIONS; URBAN BUILDINGS;

DATA HANDLING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL; CLOUD; DATA PROCESSING; ICE SHEET; ICESAT; SATELLITE DATA;

DATA PROCESSING; EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; LAND; SOLVENTS;

EID: 82055178076     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.547533     Document Type: Review

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