A range correction for ICESat and its potential impact on ice-sheet mass balance studies

We report on a previously undocumented range error in NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) that degrades elevation precision and introduces a small but significant elevation trend over the ICESat mission period. This range error (the Gaussian-Centroid or "G-C" offse...

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Main Authors: A. A. Borsa, G. Moholdt, H. A. Fricker, K. M. Brunt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-03-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/8/345/2014/tc-8-345-2014.pdf