Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322612
