• DocumentCode
    2225351
  • Title

    Cryosphere and biomass measurements using a photon-counting 3D imaging lidar

  • Author

    Degnan, John ; Machan, Roman ; Leventhal, Ed ; Jodor, Gabriel ; Field, Christopher ; Sirota, J. Marcos

  • Author_Institution
    Sigma Space Corp., Lanham, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report on 3D images, obtained with our ultracompact 100 beam photon counting lidar, of various types of terrain in Greenland and Antarctica and of calibrated forested areas.
  • Keywords
    environmental monitoring (geophysics); hydrological equipment; hydrological techniques; ice; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; 3D images; Antarctic terrain; Greenland terrain; biomass measurements; calibrated forested areas; cryosphere measurements; ultracompact photon counting 3D imaging lidar; Biomass; Laser beams; Laser radar; Photonics; Sea measurements; Three dimensional displays; Vegetation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950039