MABEL photon-counting laser altimetry data in Alaska for ICESat-2
simulations and development

Brunt, Kelly M.; Neumann, Thomas A.; Amundson, Jason M.; Kavanaugh, Jeffrey L.; Moussavi, Mahsa S.; Walsh, Kaitlin M.; Cook, William B.; Markus, Thorsten

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1707-2016

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1707-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1707-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

Research article

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10 Aug 2016

Research article |

| 10 Aug 2016

MABEL photon-counting laser altimetry data in Alaska for ICESat-2 simulations and development

Kelly M. Brunt, Thomas A. Neumann, Jason M. Amundson, Jeffrey L. Kavanaugh, Mahsa S. Moussavi, Kaitlin M. Walsh, William B. Cook, and Thorsten Markus

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1707-2016-supplement

Data sets

MABEL lidar data NASA Goddard Space Flight Center http://icesat.gsfc.nasa.gov/icesat2/data/mabel/mabel_docs.php.11/1/2014

Landsat 8 OLI NASA Landsat 8 Program http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/

Short summary

This paper highlights results from a 2014 airborne laser altimetry campaign over Alaskan glaciers. The study was conducted in support of a NASA satellite mission (ICESat-2, scheduled to launch in 2017). The study indicates that the planned beam configuration for ICESat-2 is ideal for determining local slope, which is critical for the determination of ice-sheet elevation change. Results also suggest that ICESat-2 will contribute significantly to glacier studies in the mid-latitudes.