Enabling Value Added Scientific Applications of ICESat‐2 Data With Effective Removal of Afterpulses

Abstract The Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) aboard the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite‐2 (ICESat‐2) has been making very high resolution measurements of the Earth’s surface elevation since October 2018. ATLAS uses photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) as detectors in photon coun...

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Main Authors: Xiaomei Lu, Yongxiang Hu, Yuekui Yang, Mark Vaughan, Stephen Palm, Charles Trepte, Ali Omar, Patricia Lucker, Rosemary Baize
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2021-06-01
Series:Earth and Space Science
Subjects:
PMT
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EA001729