Airborne Validation of ICESat-2 ATLAS Data over Crevassed Surfaces and Other Complex Glacial Environments: Results from Experiments of Laser Altimeter and Kinematic GPS Data Collection from a Helicopter over a Surging Arctic Glacier (Negribreen, Svalbard)

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: C. Herzfeld, Ute, Lawson, Matthew, Trantow, Thomas, Nylen, Thomas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: ICESat-2; Laser Altimetry; Kinematic GPS Experiments; Glaciology; Surge Glaciers; Svalbard; Density Dimension Algorithm for Ice Surfaces; Airborne Validation of Satellite Data; Arctic; glacier; glacier*
• Online Access: https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/9e1c9ce9-573e-495d-90e1-14ad47ce9f96; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14051185; https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/270280925/remotesensing_14_01185_v2_1_.pdf

The topic of this paper is the airborne evaluation of ICESat-2 Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) measurement capabilities and surface-height-determination over crevassed glacial terrain, with a focus on the geodetical accuracy of geophysical data collected from a helicopter. To obt...