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Results From Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) Mission
An AGU Special Section GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,
VOL. 32, No. 21, 22, and 23, 2005

• Abshire, J. B., X. Sun, H. Riris, J. M. Sirota, J. F. McGarry, S. Palm, D. Yi, and P. Liiva (2005),
  Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) on the ICESat Mission: On-orbit measurement performance,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L21S02, doi:10.1029/2005GL024028. [PDF]
• Carabajal, C. C., and D. J. Harding (2005) ,
  ICESat validation of SRTM C-band digital elevation models,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L22S01, doi:10.1029/2005GL023957. [PDF]
• Csatho, B., Y. Ahn, T. Yoon, C. J. van der Veen, S. Vogel, G. Hamilton, D. Morse, B. Smith, and V. B. Spikes (2005) ,
  ICESat measurements reveal complex pattern of elevation changes on Siple Coast ice streams, Antarctica,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L23S04, doi:10.1029/2005GL024289. [PDF]
• Forsberg, R., and H. Skourup (2005) ,
  Arctic Ocean gravity, geoid and sea-ice freeboard heights from ICESat and GRACE,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L21502, doi:10.1029/2005GL023711. [PDF]
• Fricker, H. A., J. N. Bassis, B. Minster, and D. R. MacAyeal (2005) ,
  ICESat's new perspective on ice shelf rifts: The vertical dimension,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L23S08, doi:10.1029/2005GL025070. [PDF]
• Fricker, H. A., A. Borsa, B. Minster, C. Carabajal, K. Quinn, and B. Bills (2005) ,
  Assessment of ICESat performance at the salar de Uyuni, Bolivia,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L21S06, doi:10.1029/2005GL023423. [PDF]
• Harding, D. J., and C. C. Carabajal (2005) ,
  ICESat waveform measurements of within-footprint topographic relief and vegetation vertical structure,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L21S10, doi:10.1029/2005GL023471. [PDF]
• Hart, W. D., J. D. Spinhirne, S. P. Palm, and D. L. Hlavka (2005) ,
  Height distribution between cloud and aerosol layers from the GLAS spaceborne lidar in the Indian Ocean region, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L22S06, doi:10.1029/2005GL023671. [PDF]
• Hlavka, D. L., S. P. Palm, W. D. Hart, J. D. Spinhirne, M. J. McGill, and E. J. Welton (2005) ,
  Aerosol and cloud optical depth from GLAS: Results and verification for an October 2003 California fire smoke case,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L22S07, doi:10.1029/2005GL023413. [PDF]
• Hoff, R. M., S. P. Palm, J. A. Engel-Cox, and J. Spinhirne (2005) ,
  GLAS long-range transport observation of the 2003 California forest fire plumes to the northeastern US,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L22S08, doi:10.1029/2005GL023723. [PDF]
• Lancaster, R. S., J. D. Spinhirne, and S. P. Palm (2005) ,
  Laser pulse reflectance of the ocean surface from the GLAS satellite lidar,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L22S10, doi:10.1029/2005GL023732. [PDF]
• Lefsky, M. A., D. J. Harding, M. Keller, W. B. Cohen, C. C. Carabajal, F. Del Bom Espirito-Santo, M. O. Hunter, and R. de Oliveira Jr. (2005) ,
  Estimates of forest canopy height and aboveground biomass using ICESat,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L22S02, doi:10.1029/2005GL023971. [PDF]
• Luthcke, S. B., D. D. Rowlands, T. A. Williams, and M. Sirota (2005) ,
  Reduction of ICESat systematic geolocation errors and the impact on ice sheet elevation change detection,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L21S05, doi:10.1029/2005GL023689. [PDF]
• Magruder, L., E. Silverberg, C. Webb, and B. Schutz (2005) ,
  In situ timing and pointing verification of the ICESat altimeter using a ground-based system,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L21S04, doi:10.1029/2005GL023504. [PDF]
• Martin, C. F., R. H. Thomas, W. B. Krabill, and S. S. Manizade (2005) ,
  ICESat range and mounting bias estimation over precisely-surveyed terrain,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L21S07, doi:10.1029/2005GL023800. [PDF]
• Nguyen, A. T., and T. A. Herring (2005) ,
  Analysis of ICESat data using Kalman filter and kriging to study height changes in East Antarctica,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L23S03, doi:10.1029/2005GL024272. [PDF]
• Padman, L., and H. A. Fricker (2005) ,
  Tides on the Ross Ice Shelf observed with ICESat,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L14503, doi:10.1029/2005GL023214. [PDF]
• Palm, S. P., M. Fromm, and J. Spinhirne (2005) ,
  Observations of antarctic polar stratospheric clouds by the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS),
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L22S04, doi:10.1029/2005GL023524. [PDF]
• Palm, S. P., A. Benedetti, and J. Spinhirne (2005) ,
  Validation of ECMWF global forecast model parameters using GLAS atmospheric channel measurements,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L22S09, doi:10.1029/2005GL023535. [PDF]
• Sauber, J., B. Molnia, C. Carabajal, S. Luthcke, and R. Muskett (2005) ,
  Ice elevations and surface change on the Malaspina Glacier, Alaska,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L23S01, doi:10.1029/2005GL023943. [PDF]
• Scambos, T., O. Sergienko, A. Sargent, D. MacAyeal, and J. Fastook (2005) ,
  ICESat profiles of tabular iceberg margins and iceberg breakup at low latitudes,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L23S09, doi:10.1029/2005GL023802. [PDF]
• Schenk, T., B. Csatho, C. J. van der Veen, H. Brecher, Y. Ahn, and T. Yoon (2005) ,
  Registering imagery to ICESat data for measuring elevation changes on Byrd Glacier, Antarctica,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L23S05, doi:10.1029/2005GL024328. [PDF]
• Schutz, B. E., H. J. Zwally, C. A. Shuman, D. Hancock, and J. P. DiMarzio (2005) ,
  Overview of the ICESat Mission,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L21S01, doi:10.1029/2005GL024009. [PDF]
• Sirota, J. M., S. Bae, P. Millar, D. Mostofi, C. Webb, B. Schutz, and S. Luthcke (2005) ,
  The transmitter pointing determination in the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L22S11, doi:10.1029/2005GL024005. [PDF]
• Smith, B. E., C. R. Bentley, and C. F. Raymond (2005) ,
  Recent elevation changes on the ice streams and ridges of the Ross Embayment from ICESat crossovers,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L21S09, doi:10.1029/2005GL024365. [PDF]
• Spinhirne, J. D., S. P. Palm, and W. D. Hart (2005) ,
  Antarctica cloud cover for October 2003 from GLAS satellite lidar profiling,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L22S05, doi:10.1029/2005GL023782. [PDF]
• Spinhirne, J. D., S. P. Palm, W. D. Hart, D. L. Hlavka, and E. J. Welton (2005) ,
  Cloud and aerosol measurements from GLAS: Overview and initial results,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L22S03, doi:10.1029/2005GL023507. [PDF]
• Urban, T. J., and B. E. Schutz (2005) ,
  ICESat sea level comparisons,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L23S10, doi:10.1029/2005GL024306. [PDF]