Water Level Change of Qinghai Lake from ICESat and ICESat-2 Laser Altimetry
Remote Sensing, 2022 Long-term satellite observations of the water levels of lakes are crucial to our understanding of lake hydrological basin systems. The Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation satellite (ICESat) and ICESat-2 were employed to monitor the water level of Qinghai Lake
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Can ICESat-2 estimate stand-level plant structural traits? Validation of an ICESat-2 simulator
Science of Remote Sensing, 2023 Global measurement of plant structural traits like canopy height, canopy cover and Plant Area Volume Density (PAVD) profiles form a key input for many emerging fields in ecology and meteorology.
Matthew Purslow +4 more
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Vegetation height products between 60° S and 60° N from ICESat GLAS data. [PDF]
, 2012 We present new coarse resolution (0.5 ×0.5 )vegetation height and vegetation-cover fraction data sets between 60 S and 60 N for use in climate models and ecological models.
Berni, J.A. +10 more
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What have we learnt from ICESat on greenland ice sheet change and what to expect from current ICESat-2 [PDF]
Geodetski Vestnik, 2021 Ice-sheet mass balance and ice behaviour have been effectively monitored remotely by space-borne laser ranging technology, i.e. satellite laser altimetry, and/or satellite gravimetry.
Blaženka Bukač +2 more
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Uncertainties on the combined use of ICESat and ICESat-2 observations to monitor lake levels
Frontiers in Water, 2023 Lake water level is an important variable to indicate lake hydrological balances and climate change impacts. Benefiting from the launch of the laser altimeters ICESat and ICESat-2, higher spatial-resolution elevation measurements have opened new ...
Shuangxiao Luo +4 more
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Improving ICESat‐2‐based boreal forest height estimation by a multivariate sample quality control approach [PDF]
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Boreal forest heights are associated with global carbon stocks and energy budgets. The launch of the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) onboard the NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat‐2) enables canopy vertical ...
Tianqi Zhang, Desheng Liu
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ICESat-derived inland water surface spot heights [PDF]
Water Resources Research, 2016 AbstractAccurate measurement of water surface height is key to many fields in hydrology and limnology. Satellite radar and laser altimetry have been shown to be useful means of obtaining such data where no ground gauging stations exist, and the accuracy of different satellite instruments is now reasonably well understood.
Bates, Paul D +3 more
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Synthesis of the ICESat/ICESat-2 and CryoSat-2 observations to reconstruct time series of lake level
International Journal of Digital Earth, 2023 Synthesis of multi-satellite altimetry facilitates the acquisition of long-term changes in lake level but may induce biases due to inconsistent data sources, and thus remains largely unexplored.
Ye Feng +6 more
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ICESat‐2 Early Mission Synopsis and Observatory Performance [PDF]
Earth and Space Science, 2021 Abstract The Advanced Topographic Laser Altimetry System (ATLAS) onboard the NASA Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite‐2 (ICESat‐2) is the newest Earth observing satellite for global elevation studies. The primary objectives for ICESat‐2 follow the objectives of its predecessor, ICESat and also focus on providing cryospheric ...
Lori A. Magruder +2 more
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Geophysical Research Letters, 2021 With the launch of the Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite‐2 (ICESat‐2), densely measuring the Antarctic ocean all year long, monthly sea ice thickness changes can be inspected.
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