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ATLAS
Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System
NASA
Current:
ICESat-2
Future: -
Complete: -
Operational
Lidars
Provide date on ice sheet height and sea ice thickness, land altitude, aerosol height distributions, cloud height and boundary layer height.
Waveband:
VIS: Laser emits at 532 nm
VIS
Spatial resolution:
6 spots 15 m in diameter separated by 1.5 cm along track
Best resolution: 0.15 m
Swath width:
Accuracy:
Aerosol profile: 20%, Ice elevation: 20 cm, Cloud top height: 75 m, Land elevation: 20 cm, geoid: 5 m
Data Access:
Open Access
Data Format:
ASCII
ATLID
ATmospheric LIDar
ESA
Current:
EarthCARE
Future: -
Complete: -
Operational
Lidars
Derivation of cloud and aerosol properties - Measurement of molecular and particle backscatter in Rayleigh, co-polar and cross-polar Mie channels.
Waveband:
Laser at 355 nm
UV
Spatial resolution:
300 m horizontal (TBC)
Swath width:
Accuracy:
Data Access:
Open Access
Data Format:
HDF5
Laser Radar
Laser Radar
CAST
Current:
Goumang
Future: -
Complete: -
Operational
Lidars
Detect and measure vegetation biomass, atmospheric aerosol and chlorophyll fluorescence, and can also obtain the remote-sensing information of global forest carbon sinks.
Waveband:
Spatial resolution:
Swath width:
Accuracy:
Data Access:
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