MABEL photon-counting laser altimetry data in Alaska for ICESat-2 simulations and development

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: K. M. Brunt, T. A. Neumann, J. M. Amundson, J. L. Kavanaugh, M. S. Moussavi, K. M. Walsh, W. B. Cook, T. Markus
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: geo; envir; Fairbanks; Mabel; glacier; glaciers; Ice Sheet; The Cryosphere; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1707-2016; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/10/1707/2016/tc-10-1707-2016.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/d9fecdeb72ad42c1933bd7b7e19d5c32

Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) is scheduled to launch in late 2017 and will carry the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS), which is a photon-counting laser altimeter and represents a new approach to satellite determination of surface elevation. Given the new te...