Passive Ground‐Based Optical Techniques for Monitoring the On‐Orbit ICESat‐2 Altimeter Geolocation and Footprint Diameter

Abstract Corner cube retro‐reflectors (CCRs), passive optical components, are used to independently evaluate the geolocation accuracy and effective laser footprint diameter of NASA's laser altimetry mission, ICESat‐2, at two specific study sites: White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico and alon...

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Main Authors: Lori Magruder, Kelly Brunt, Thomas Neumann, Bradley Klotz, Michael Alonzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2021-10-01
Series:Earth and Space Science
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001414