Title :
Laser altimetry and the ice, cloud, and land elevation satellite (ICESat)
Author_Institution :
Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. In July 2001, NASA will launch a spaceborne laser altimeter into a near-polar, near-circular orbit to measure changes in polar ice-sheet topography, as well as along-track land and ocean topography and atmospheric characteristics. Altimetry measurements will be made using a 1064-nm pulse and atmospheric measurements will use a 532-nm pulse.
Keywords :
atmospheric measuring apparatus; geophysical equipment; glaciology; meteorological instruments; radar altimetry; remote sensing by laser beam; spaceborne radar; 1064 nm; 532 nm; ICESat; along-track land; altimetry measurements; atmospheric characteristics; atmospheric measurements; clouds; land elevation satellite; near-polar near-circular orbit; ocean topography; polar ice-sheet topography; spaceborne laser altimeter; Atmospheric measurements; Clouds; Extraterrestrial measurements; Ice; Laser radar; NASA; Pulse measurements; Satellites; Sea measurements; Surfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-595-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.834582
