Progress on the Airborne Lidar Topographic Mapping System (ALTMS) sensor

Author

Stetina, Fran ; Friedman, Donald S. ; Krabill, William B. ; Kunz, Terry D. ; Hill, John M. ; DiRosa, Don ; Michaels, Dan L. ; Schmidt, Jeffrey A.

Author_Institution

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

18-21 Aug 1993

Firstpage

656

Abstract

Progress on the “Airborne Lidar Topographic Mapping System (ALTMS) Sensor” is summarized. The new sensor design is based on years of flight and data collection experience with the National Aeronautics and Apace Administration´s airborne oceanographic lidar system. The new ALTMS design incorporates off-the-shelf state-of-the-art laser and computer technology to record and process digital topographic data. ALTMS is intended to be offered as a commercially available system and service in the near future

Keywords

geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; optical radar; remote sensing; remote sensing by laser beam; topography (Earth); ALTMS; Airborne Lidar Topographic Mapping System; NASA; geodesy; geophysical measurememt technique; land surface topography; laser remote sensing; lidar; sensor; Aircraft; Earth; Extraterrestrial measurements; Hardware; Laser radar; NASA; Optical pulses; Sea measurements; Sensor systems; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1993. IGARSS '93. Better Understanding of Earth Environment., International

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1240-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322612

Filename

322612