Calibration and Testing of Laser Altimeters

Haris Riris; Pete Liiva; John Schafer; Joe Nissley; John Hirs; Xiaoli Sun; James B. Abshire

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference
Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2003),
paper CThY3

Calibration and Testing of Laser Altimeters

Haris Riris, Pete Liiva, John Schafer, Joe Nissley, John Hirs, Xiaoli Sun, and James B. Abshire

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2003

Baltimore, Maryland United States
1–6 June 2003
ISBN: 1-55752-733-4

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H. Riris, P. Liiva, J. Schafer, J. Nissley, J. Hirs, X. Sun, and J. B. Abshire, "Calibration and Testing of Laser Altimeters," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2003), paper CThY3.

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Abstract

Calibrating space lidar systems is always a challenge due to the difficulty of simulating realistic atmospheric and ground returns. We describe the calibration equipment and techniques used to test NASA’s Geoscience Laser Altimeter System.

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