Profiling sea ice with a multiple altimeter beam experimental lidar (MABEL)

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1151-1168

  Kwok, R ^a   Markus, T ^b   Morison, J ^c   Palm, S P ^d   Neumann, T A ^b   Brunt, K M ^b   Cook, W B ^b   Hancock, D W ^e   Cunningham, G F ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^e NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Ice thickness; Lidars Lidar observations; Remote sensing; Satellite observations; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT PATHS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTONS; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ALTIMETRY; ICE THICKNESS; LAND ELEVATION SATELLITES; LIDARS/LIDAR OBSERVATIONS; MICROPULSE LIDARS; PHOTON DISTRIBUTIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SURFACE ELEVATIONS;

SEA ICE;

EID: 84901463878     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00120.1     Document Type: Article

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