• DocumentCode
    411847
  • Title

    Geoscience laser altimeter system (GLAS) for the ICESat mission-pre-launch performance

  • Author

    Abshire, James B. ; Sun, Xiaoli ; Riris, Haris ; Sirota, Marcos ; Palm, Steve ; Ketchum, Eleanor A.

  • Author_Institution
    Laser Remote Sensing Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    GLAS is a space lidar on NASA´s ICESat Mission. GLAS was qualified and delivered and ICEsat is scheduled for launch in December 2002. This talk summarizes the as-built characteristics of GLAS and its predicted measurement performance.
  • Keywords
    aerospace instrumentation; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric optics; optical radar; radar altimetry; remote sensing by laser beam; spaceborne radar; GLAS; NASA ICESat mission; geoscience laser altimeter system; space lidar; Atmospheric measurements; Earth; Extraterrestrial measurements; Geoscience; Laser radar; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Pulse measurements; Sea measurements; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-748-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1297994