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Requirements for a global lidar system: spaceborne lidar with wall-to-wall coverage. [PDF]

R Soc Open Sci, 2021
Lidar is the optimum technology for measuring bare-Earth elevation beneath, and the structure of, vegetation. Consequently, airborne laser scanning (ALS) is widely employed for use in a range of applications.
Hancock S, McGrath C, Lowe C, Davenport I, Woodhouse I.   +4 more
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The Nonlinear Effective Attenuation Coefficient of Spaceborne Oceanic Lidar Signal [PDF]

EPJ Web of Conferences, 2020
Multiple scattering is an inevitable effect in spaceborne oceanic lidar because of the large footprint size and the high optical density of seawater. The effective attenuation coefficient klidar in oceanic lidar equation, which indicates the influence of
Liu Qun, Liu Dong, Bai Jian, Cui Xiaoyu, Zhou Yudi, Xu Peituo, Liu Zhipeng, Wang Xiaobin   +7 more
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Simulation of Compact Spaceborne Lidar with High-Repetition-Rate Laser for Cloud and Aerosol Detection under Different Atmospheric Conditions

Remote Sensing, 2023
To provide references for the design of the lab’s upcoming prototype of the compact spaceborne lidar with a high-repetition-rate laser (CSLHRL), in this paper, the detection signal of spaceborne lidar was simulated by the measured signal of ground-based ...
Jie Ji, Chenbo Xie, Kunming Xing, Bangxin Wang, Jianfeng Chen, Liangliang Cheng, Xu Deng   +6 more
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Hybrid model for estimating forest canopy heights using fused multimodal spaceborne LiDAR data and optical imagery

International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, 2023
The forest canopy height is a key indicator for measuring global forest carbon stocks. Spaceborne LiDAR, a satellite remote sensing technology, plays an essential role in large-scale canopy height estimations.
Shufan Wang, Chun Liu, Weiyue Li, Shoujun Jia, Han Yue   +4 more
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A Semianalytic Monte Carlo Simulator for Spaceborne Oceanic Lidar: Framework and Preliminary Results

Remote Sensing, 2020
Spaceborne lidar (light detection and ranging) is a very promising tool for the optical properties of global atmosphere and ocean detection. Although some studies have shown spaceborne lidar’s potential in ocean application, there is no spaceborne lidar ...
Qun Liu, Xiaoyu Cui, Cédric Jamet, Xiaolei Zhu, Zhihua Mao, Peng Chen, Jian Bai, Dong Liu   +7 more
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Simulation and Error Analysis of Methane Detection Globally Using Spaceborne IPDA Lidar

Remote Sensing, 2023
Methane (CH4) is recognized as the second most important greenhouse gas. An accurate and precise monitoring of methane gas globally has a vital role in studying the carbon cycle and global warming.
Xuanye Zhang, Miaomiao Zhang, Lingbing Bu, Zengchang Fan, Ahmad Mubarak   +4 more
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Analysis and Correction of Water Forward-Scattering-Induced Bathymetric Bias for Spaceborne Photon-Counting Lidar

Remote Sensing, 2023
The new spaceborne photon-counting lidar, i.e., ICESat-2, has shown great advantages in obtaining nearshore bathymetry at a global scale. The forward-scattering effect in the water column is one of the main error sources in airborne lidar bathymetry (ALB)
Jian Yang, Yue Ma, Huiying Zheng, Yuanfei Gu, Hui Zhou, Song Li   +5 more
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REVIEW OF NOISE FILTERING ALGORITHM FOR PHOTON DATA [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020
As a continuation of Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-1 (ICESat-1)/Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS), the Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) , which is equipped with the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter (ATLAS ...
J. P. Huang, Y. Q. Xing, L. Qin
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Spatially Continuous Mapping of Forest Canopy Height in Canada by Combining GEDI and ICESat-2 with PALSAR and Sentinel

Remote Sensing, 2022
Continuous large-scale mapping of forest canopy height is crucial for estimating and reporting forest carbon content, analyzing forest degradation and restoration, or to model ecosystem variables such as aboveground biomass.
Camile Sothe, Alemu Gonsamo, Ricardo B. Lourenço, Werner A. Kurz, James Snider   +4 more
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Review article: using spaceborne lidar for snow depth retrievals: recent findings and utility for hydrologic applications [PDF]

The Cryosphere
Lidar is an effective tool to measure snow depth over key watersheds across the United States. Lidar-derived snow depth observations from airborne platforms have demonstrated centimeter-level accuracy at high spatial resolution. However, ground-based and
Z. Fair, Z. Fair, C. Vuyovich, T. Neumann, J. Pflug, J. Pflug, D. Shean, E. M. Enderlin, K. Zikan, H. Besso, J. Lundquist, C. Deschamps-Berger, D. Treichler   +12 more
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