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Cutten DR, Rothermel J, Jarzembski MA, et al. Radiometric calibration of an airborne CO2 pulsed Doppler lidar with a natural earth surface. Appl Opt. 2002;41(18):3530-7doi: 10.1364/ao.41.003530.
Cutten, D. R., Rothermel, J., Jarzembski, M. A., Hardesty, R. M., Howell, J. N., Tratt, D. M., & Srivastava, V. (2002). Radiometric calibration of an airborne CO2 pulsed Doppler lidar with a natural earth surface. Applied optics, 41(18), 3530-7. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.41.003530
Cutten, Dean R, et al. "Radiometric calibration of an airborne CO2 pulsed Doppler lidar with a natural earth surface." Applied optics vol. 41,18 (2002): 3530-7. doi: https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.41.003530
Cutten DR, Rothermel J, Jarzembski MA, Hardesty RM, Howell JN, Tratt DM, Srivastava V. Radiometric calibration of an airborne CO2 pulsed Doppler lidar with a natural earth surface. Appl Opt. 2002 Jun 20;41(18):3530-7. doi: 10.1364/ao.41.003530. PMID: 12078677.
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Appl Opt. 2002 Jun 20;41(18):3530-7. doi: 10.1364/ao.41.003530.

Radiometric calibration of an airborne CO2 pulsed Doppler lidar with a natural earth surface.

Applied optics

Dean R Cutten, Jeffry Rothermel, Maurice A Jarzembski, R Michael Hardesty, James N Howell, David M Tratt, Vandana Srivastava

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  1. Global Hydrology and Climate Center, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 35805, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 12078677 DOI: 10.1364/ao.41.003530

Abstract

Radiometric calibration of an airborne CO2 pulsed Doppler lidar has been accomplished with surface retroreflection signals from the White Sands National Monument, New Mexico. Two circular passes were made at altitudes of 6.3 and 9.3 km. The computed calibration factors for both altitudes are in excellent agreement with the value derived from standard ground-based measurements involving a fixed sandpaper target of known reflectance. This finding corroborates a previous study that successfully calibrated an airborne cw Doppler lidar with a variety of natural Earth surfaces. The present results indicate that relatively uniform Earth surface targets can be used for in-flight calibration of CO2 pulsed airborne and, in principal, other infrared lidars.

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