A 16-beam non-scanning swath mapping laser altimeter instrument

A. W. Yu; M. A. Krainak; D. J. Harding; J. B. Abshire; X. Sun; L. Ramos-Izquierdo; J. Cavanaugh; S. Valett; T. Winkert; M. Plants; C. Kirchner; B. Kamamia; R. Faulkner; P. Dogoda; W. Hasselbrack; T. Filemyr

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18 March 2013 A 16-beam non-scanning swath mapping laser altimeter instrument

A. W. Yu, M. A. Krainak, D. J. Harding, J. B. Abshire, X. Sun, L. Ramos-Izquierdo, J. Cavanaugh, S. Valett, T. Winkert, M. Plants, C. Kirchner, B. Kamamia, R. Faulkner, P. Dogoda, W. Hasselbrack, T. Filemyr

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Proceedings Volume 8599, Solid State Lasers XXII: Technology and Devices; 85990P (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2005651
Event: SPIE LASE, 2013, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We have developed and successfully flown a 16-beam, non-scanning laser altimeter instrument with a swath width of 80 m and spatial resolution of 5 m. The Airborne Lidar Surface Topography Simulator (ALISTS) instrument was developed to demonstrate key technologies and a measurement approach achieving the efficiency required for the Lidar Surface Topography (LIST) mission. The approach employs a 10 kHz, near-infrared, microchip laser transmitter, beam splitting optics and waveform capture using a photon-sensitive, linear-mode detector array. In this paper we will present the instrument development effort and access the performance achieved during our two airborne campaigns.

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A. W. Yu, M. A. Krainak, D. J. Harding, J. B. Abshire, X. Sun, L. Ramos-Izquierdo, J. Cavanaugh, S. Valett, T. Winkert, M. Plants, C. Kirchner, B. Kamamia, R. Faulkner, P. Dogoda, W. Hasselbrack, and T. Filemyr "A 16-beam non-scanning swath mapping laser altimeter instrument", Proc. SPIE 8599, Solid State Lasers XXII: Technology and Devices, 85990P (18 March 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2005651

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