Laser transmitter design and performance for the slope imaging multi-polarization photon-counting lidar (SIMPL) instrument | Zendy

Anthony W. Yu | Zendy; David J. Harding | Zendy; Philip W. Dabney | Zendy

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Laser transmitter design and performance for the slope imaging multi-polarization photon-counting lidar (SIMPL) instrument

Author(s) -

Anthony W. Yu,

David J. Harding,

Philip W. Dabney

Publication year - 2016

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 - 10.1117/12.2213005

Subject(s) - lidar , remote sensing , photon counting , altimeter , laser , polarization (electrochemistry) , arctic , transmitter , satellite , environmental science , optics , geology , physics , photon , computer science , telecommunications , astronomy , oceanography , channel (broadcasting) , chemistry

The Slope Imaging Multi-polarization Photon-counting Lidar (SIMPL) is a polarimetric, two-color, multi-beam push broom laser altimeter developed through the NASA Earth Science Technology Office Instrument Incubator Program. It has flown successfully on multiple airborne platforms beginning in 2008.1 It was developed to demonstrate new altimetry capabilities that combine height measurements and information about surface composition and properties. In this talk we will discuss the laser transmitter design and performance and present recent science data collected over the Greenland ice sheet and arctic sea ice in support of the second NASA Ice Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat-2) mission to be launched in 2017.2

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