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

Anthony W. Yu | Zendy; Michael A. Krainak | Zendy; David J. Harding | Zendy; James B. Abshire | Zendy; Xiaoli Sun | Zendy; Luis Ramos-Izquierdo | Zendy; John F. Cavanaugh | Zendy; Susan Valett | Zendy; Tom Winkert | Zendy; Michael Plants | Zendy; Cynthia Kirchner | Zendy; Brian Kamamia | Zendy; R. G. Faulkner | Zendy; Peter Dogoda | Zendy; William Hasselbrack | Zendy; Timothy Filemyr | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Anthony W. Yu,

Michael A. Krainak,

David J. Harding,

James B. Abshire,

Xiaoli Sun,

Luis Ramos-Izquierdo,

John F. Cavanaugh,

Susan Valett,

Tom Winkert,

Michael Plants,

Cynthia Kirchner,

Brian Kamamia,

R. G. Faulkner,

Peter Dogoda,

William Hasselbrack,

Timothy Filemyr

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

proceedings of spie, the international society for optical engineering/proceedings of spie

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1996-756X

pISSN - 0277-786X

DOI - 10.1117/12.2005651

Subject(s) - lidar , remote sensing , altimeter , optics , laser , detector , waveform , beam (structure) , image resolution , computer science , environmental science , physics , geology , telecommunications , radar

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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