Publication Date:
2018-06-06
Description:
The Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS), launched in January 2003, is a laser altimeter and lidar for the Earth Observing System's (EOS) ICESat mission. GLAS accommodates three, sequentially operated, diode-pumped, solid-state, Nd:YAG laser transmitters. The laser transmitter requirements, design and qualification test results for this space-based remote sensing instrument is summarized and presented
Keywords:
Geophysics
Type:
To appear in Applied Optics/Optical Society of America
Format:
application/pdf
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