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The Geoscience Laser Altimeter System launched in early 2003 is the first satellite instrument in space to globally observe the distribution of clouds and ...
Atmospheric measurements by the geoscience laser altimeter system: initial results. Published in: IGARSS 2003. 2003 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote ...
Measurements of the coverage and height of polar and cirrus cloud should be significantly more accurate than previous global measurement. Initial result from ...
Initial results from the first several months of operation show the de- tailed height structure of clouds and aerosol on a global basis as expected.
Atmospheric measurements by the geoscience laser altimeter system: initial results. Published in: IGARSS 2003. 2003 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote ...
The strategy to combine the surface measurement with a cloud and aerosol lidar profiling mission is based on the compatibility of the altimetry instrument.
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Scheduled for Launch in July 2001, the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) is to be the first satellite instrument to provide full global lidar profiling ...
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Nov 10, 2005 · The GLAS instrument on NASA's ICESat satellite has made over 904 million measurements of the Earth surface and atmosphere through June 2005.
Sep 28, 2005 · Global space borne lidar profiling of atmospheric clouds and aerosol began in 2003 following the launch of the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS)
The instrument is a basic backscatter lidar that operates at two wavelengths, 532 and 1064 nm. ... An overview and summary of initial results are presented.