Development of the airborne lidar surface topography simulator

Anthony W. Yu; David J. Harding; Michael A. Krainak; James B. Abshire; Xiaoli Sun; John Cavanaugh; Susan Valett; Luis Ramos-Izquiedro; Tom Winkert; Michael Plants; Cynthia Kirchner; Brian Kamamia; William Hasselbrack; Timothy Filemyr

doi:10.1117/12.912564

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24 October 2011 Development of the airborne lidar surface topography simulator

Anthony W. Yu, David J. Harding, Michael A. Krainak, James B. Abshire, Xiaoli Sun, John Cavanaugh, Susan Valett, Luis Ramos-Izquiedro, Tom Winkert, Michael Plants, Cynthia Kirchner, Brian Kamamia, William Hasselbrack, Timothy Filemyr

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Proceedings Volume 8286, International Symposium on Lidar and Radar Mapping 2011: Technologies and Applications; 828603 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.912564
Event: International Symposium on Lidar and Radar Mapping Technologies, 2011, Nanjing, China

Abstract

In 2008 we began a three-year NASA Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) funded Instrument Incubator Program (IIP) focused on technology development for the Lidar Surface Topography (LIST) mission. The LIST mission is one of the Earth Science Decadal Survey missions recommended to NASA by the National Research Council (NRC). Our IIP objective is to demonstrate the measurement approach and key technologies needed for a highly efficient swath mapping lidar to meet the goals of the LIST mission. To demonstrate the concept we are developing the Airborne LIST Simulator (A-LISTS) instrument. In this paper we summarize the A-LISTS instrument characteristics and the approaches we are using to advance lidar capabilities and reduce risks for LIST.

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Anthony W. Yu, David J. Harding, Michael A. Krainak, James B. Abshire, Xiaoli Sun, John Cavanaugh, Susan Valett, Luis Ramos-Izquiedro, Tom Winkert, Michael Plants, Cynthia Kirchner, Brian Kamamia, William Hasselbrack, and Timothy Filemyr "Development of the airborne lidar surface topography simulator", Proc. SPIE 8286, International Symposium on Lidar and Radar Mapping 2011: Technologies and Applications, 828603 (24 October 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.912564

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