Algorithm for Detection of Ground and Canopy Cover in Micropulse Photon-Counting Lidar Altimeter Data in Preparation for the ICESat-2 Mission [PDF]
NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-II (ICESat-2) mission is a decadal survey mission (2016 launch). The mission objectives are to measure land ice elevation, sea ice freeboard, and changes in these variables, as well as to collect ...
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Assessment of Altimetry Using Ground-Based GPS Data from the 88S Traverse, Antarctica, in Support of ICESat-2 [PDF]
We conducted a 750 km kinematic GPS survey, referred to as the 88S Traverse, based out of South Pole Station, Antarctica, between December 2017 and January 2018.
Brunt, Kelly M. +2 more
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Future Plans in US Flight Missions: Using Laser Remote Sensing for Climate Science Observations [PDF]
, 2010 Laser Remote Sensing provides critical climate science observations necessary to better measure, understand, model and predict the Earth's water, carbon and energy cycles. Laser Remote Sensing applications for studying the Earth and other planets include
Callahan, Lisa W.
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Determining Variability in Arctic Sea Ice Pressure Ridge Topography with ICESat-2
, 2022 Kyle Duncan, S. L. Farrell
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Three Year Aging of Prototype Flight Laser at 10 Khz and 1 Ns Pulses with External Frequency Doubler for the Icesat-2 Mission [PDF]
We present the results of three year life-aging of a specially designed prototype flight source laser operating at 1064 nm, 10 kHz, 1ns, 15W average power and external frequency doubler. The Fibertek-designed, slightly pressurized air, enclosed-container
Chiragh, Furqan L. +11 more
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The Fiber Optic System for the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) Instrument [PDF]
The Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) Instrument has been in integration and testing over the past 18 months in preparation for the Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite - 2 (ICESat-2) Mission, scheduled to launch in 2017. ICESat-2 is
Blair, Diana +7 more
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Improving Our Understanding of Antarctic Sea Ice with NASA's Operation IceBridge and the Upcoming ICESat-2 Mission [PDF]
Antarctic sea ice is a crucial component of the global climate system. Rapid sea ice production regimes around Antarctica feed the lower branch of the Southern Ocean overturning circulation through intense brine rejection and the formation of Antarctic ...
Kurtz, Nathan T. +2 more
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International Journal of Digital EarthThe littoral zone is crucial in the aquatic ecosystem of lakes, and water depth is often insufficient when using the traditional zigzag echo-sounding method.
Baojin Qiao +3 more
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Airborne Polarimetric, Two-Color Laser Altimeter Measurements of Lake Ice Cover: A Pathfinder for NASA's ICESat-2 Spaceflight Mission [PDF]
The ICESat-2 mission will continue NASA's spaceflight laser altimeter measurements of ice sheets, sea ice and vegetation using a new measurement approach: micropulse, single photon ranging at 532 nm.
Dabney, Philip +5 more
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A Density-Based Multilevel Terrain-Adaptive Noise Removal Method for ICESat-2 Photon-Counting Data. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel), 2023 Wang L +5 more
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