title: Elevation information in tail (EIT) technique for lidar altimetry.
abstract: A technique we refer to as Elevation Information in Tail (EIT) has been developed to provide improved lidar altimetry from CALIPSO lidar data. The EIT technique is demonstrated using CALIPSO data and is applicable to other similar lidar systems with low-pass filters. The technique relies on an observed relation between the shape of the surface return signals (peak shape) and the detector photo-multiplier tube transient response (transient response tail). Application of the EIT to CALIPSO data resulted in an order of magnitude or better improvement in the CALIPSO land surface 30-meter elevation measurements. The results of EIT compared very well with the National Elevation Database (NED) high resolution elevation maps, and with the elevation measurements from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM).
authors: Yongxiang
authors: Y
authors: Hu
authors: Kathy
authors: K
authors: Powell
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Vaughan
authors: Charles
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authors: Tepte
authors: Carl
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authors: Weimer
authors: Mike
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authors: Beherenfeld
authors: Stuart
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authors: Young
authors: David
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authors: Winker
authors: Chris
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authors: Hostetler
authors: William
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authors: Hunt
authors: Ralph
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authors: Kuehn
authors: David
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authors: Flittner
authors: Mike
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authors: Cisewski
authors: Gary
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authors: Gibson
authors: Bing
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authors: Lin
authors: David
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authors: Macdonnell