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Publications using ICESat/GLAS Data 2008

• Muskett, R.R., C.S. Lingle, J. M. Sauber, A.S.Post, W.V. Tangborn, B.T. Rabus, and K.A. Echelmeyer,  
  "Airborne-Spaceborne DEM and laser altimetry derived surface elevation and volume changes of the Bering Glacier System, 1972 through 2006",
  J. of Glaciology, (in press), 2008.
• Muskett, R.R., C.S. Lingle, J. M. Sauber, A.S.Post, W.V. Tangborn, and B.T. Rabus, 
  "Surging, accelerating surface lowering and volume reduction of the Malaspina Glacier System Alaska, U.S.A., and Yukon,Canada, from 1972 through 2006",
  J. of Glaciology, (in press), 2008.
• Kwok, R. and G. F. Cunningham, 
  "ICESat over Arctic sea ice: Estimation of snow depth and ice thickness",
  J. Geophys. Res., (in press), 2008.
• Zwally, H. J., D. Yi, R. Kwok, and Y. Zhao, 
  "ICESat measurements of sea ice freeboard and estimates of sea ice thickness in the Weddell Sea",
  J. Geophys. Res., 113, C02S15, doi:10.1029/2007JC004284, 2008.
• Muskett, R.R., C.S. Lingle, J.M. Sauber, B. T. Rabus, W.V. Tangborn, 
  "Accelerated Thinning of the Tidewater Glaciers of Icy Bay, Alaska from InSAR DEMs and ICESat Altimetry",
  Earth and Planetary Sci. Lett., 265, 345-359, 2008.
• Yang, Y., A. Marshak, J. C. Chiu, W. J. Wiscombe, S. P. Palm, A. B. Davis, D. A. Spangenberg, L. Nguyen, J. D. Spinhirne, and P. Minnis, 
  "Retrievals of Cloud Optical Depth from the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) by Calibration of Solar Background Signal",
  J. Atmos. Sci., doi: 10.1175/2008JAS2744.1. (In press), 2008.
• Marc Simard, Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, Jose Ernesto Mancera-Pineda, Edward Castaneda-Moya, Robert R. Twilley, 
  "A systematic method for 3D mapping of mangrove forests based on Shuttle Radar Topography Mission elevation data, ICEsat/GLAS waveforms and field data: Application to Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia",
  Remote Sensing of Env., 112, 2131-2144, 15 May 2008
• McAdoo, D. C., S. L. Farrell, S. W. Laxon, H. J. Zwally, D. Yi, and A. L. Ridout, 
  "Arctic Ocean gravity field derived from ICESat and ERS-2 altimetry:Tectonic implications",
  J. Geophys. Res., 113, B05408, 23 May 2008.
• Nathan T. Kurtz, Thorsten Markus, Donald J. Cavalieri, William Krabill, John G. Sonntag, and Jeffrey Miller, 
  "Comparison of ICESat Data With Airborne Laser Altimeter Measurements Over Arctic Sea Ice",
  IEEE Transactions on Geosci. and Rem. Sens., Vol. 46, No. 7, July 2008.
• Herzfeld, U.C., P.J. McBride, H.J. Zwally, and J. DiMarzio, 
  "Elevation Changes in Pine Island Glacier, Walgreen Coast, Antarctica, based on GLAS (2003) and ERS-1 (1995) Altimeter Data Analysis and Glaciological Implications",
  Int'l J. Rem. Sens., doi:10.1080/01431160802020510, 21pp, 2008.