Space Lidar Developed at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center-The First 20 Years

被引:27
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作者
Sun, Xiaoli [1 ]
Abshire, James B. [1 ]
McGarry, Jan F. [1 ]
Neumann, Gregory A. [1 ]
Smith, James C. [2 ]
Cavanaugh, John F. [2 ]
Harding, David J. [1 ]
Zwally, H. Jay [3 ]
Smith, David E. [1 ]
Zuber, Maria T. [4 ]
机构
[1] NASA, Solar Syst Explorat Div, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[2] NASA, Instrument Syst & Technol Div, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[3] NASA, Div Earth Sci, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[4] MIT, Dept Earth Atmospher & Planetary Sci EAPS, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
关键词
Laser altimeter; lidar; LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER; OPTICAL-SYSTEM DESIGN; LASER ALTIMETER INSTRUMENT; MERCURY; MARS; MESSENGER; MISSION; PERFORMANCE; INTEGRATION; EARTH;
D O I
10.1109/JSTARS.2013.2259578
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
During the past 20 years the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has developed five different lidar for space, and has successfully used them in orbital missions to map Mars, the Earth, the Moon and Mercury. Although similar in some ways, each of these lidar has had a different combination of measurement requirements, payload constraints, and operational environments. Together they have improved space-based lasermeasurement technologies and advanced planetary science. This paper gives a brief overview of these instruments, their measurement approaches and designs, and some highlights from their scientific observations.
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页码:1660 / 1675
页数:16
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