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Publications using ICESat/GLAS Data 2005

• GRL ICESat Special Issue Publications 2005 (list)
• GRL ICESat Special Issue Publications 2005 (downloadable)

• H. A. Fricker,  N. W. Young,  R. Coleman,  J. N. Bassis, and J.-B. Minster.
  "Multi-year monitoring of rift propagation on the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica",
  Geophysical Research Letters 32: L02502, doi:10.1029/2004GL021036.  [PDF Download]
• J. D. Spinhirne, 
  "Aerosol and Cloud Observations and Data Products by The GLAS Polar Orbiting Lidar Instrument",
  Invited Paper, Proceedings AMS Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications, San Diego, 2005.
• W. D. Hart, J. D. Spinhirne, S. P. Palm and D. L. Hlavka, 
  "Global Cloud and Aerosol Layer Distribution Statistics from GLAS Observations,"
  Proceedings AMS Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications, San Diego, 2005.
• S. P. Palm, A. Benedetti and J. D. Spinhirne, 
  "Validation of ECMWF Global Forecast Model Parameters Using the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS)",
  Proceedings AMS Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications, San Diego, 2005.
• Robert Bindschadler, Hyeungu Choi, Christopher Shuman, and Thorsten Markus, 
  "Detecting and Measuring New Snow Accumulation on Ice Sheets by Satellite Remote Sensing",
  (submitted to Remote Sensing of Environment)
• Forsberg, R. and H. Skourup, 
  "Arctic Ocean Gravity, Geoid and Sea-ice Freeboard Heights from ICESat and GRACE",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L21502, doi:10.1029/2005GL023711, 2005.
• Abshire, James B., Xiaoli Sun, Haris Riris, J. Marcos Sirota, Jan F. McGarry, Steve Palm, Donghui Yi and Peter Liiva, 
  "Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) on the ICESat Mission: On-orbit measurement performance",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L21S02, doi:10.1029/2005GL024028, 2005.
• Carabajal, Claudia C. and David J. Harding, 
  "ICESat Validation of SRTM C-band Digital Elevation Models",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L22S01, doi:10.1029/2005GL023957, 2005.
• Harding, David J., and Claudia C. Carabajal, 
  "ICESat Waveform Measurements of Within-footprint Topographic Relief and Vegetation Vertical Structure",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L21S10, doi:10.1029/2005GL023471, 2005.
• Lefsky, Michael A., David J. Harding, Michael Keller, Warren, B. Cohen, Claudia C. Carabajal, Fernando Del Bom Espirito-Santo, Maria O. Hunter, and Raimundo de Oliveira Jr., 
  "Estimates of Forest Canopy Height and Aboveground Biomass using ICESat",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L22S02, doi:10.1029/2005GL023971, 2005.
• Luthcke, S. B., D. D. Rowlands, T. A. Williams and M. Sirota, 
  "Reduction of ICESat Systematic Geolocation Errors and the Impact on Ice Sheet Elevation Change Detection",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L21S05, doi:10.1029/2005GL023689, 2005.
• Magruder, L., E. Silverberg, C. Webb and B. Schutz, 
  "In Situ Timing and Pointing Verification of the ICESat Altimeter Using a Ground-based System",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L21S04, doi:10.1029/2005GL023504, 2005.
• Martin, C. F., R. H. Thomas, W. B. Krabill and S. S. Manizade, 
  "ICESat Range and Mounting Bias Estimation over Precisely-surveyed Terrain",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L21S07, doi:10.1029/2005GL023800, 2005.
• Scambos, Ted , Olga Sergienko, Aitbala Sargent, Douglas MacAyeal, Jim Fastook, 
  "ICESat Profiles of Tabular Iceberg Margins and Iceberg Breakup at Low Latitudes",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L23S09, doi:10.1029/2005GL023802, 2005.
• Sirota, J. Marcos, Sungkoo Bae, Pamela Millar, David Mostofi, Charles Webb, Bob Schutz, and Scott Luthcke, 
  "The Transmitter Pointing Determination in the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L22S11, doi:10.1029/2005GL024005, 2005.
• Schutz, B. E., H. J. Zwally, C. A. Shuman, D. Hancock, and J. P. DiMarzio, 
  "Overview of the ICESat Mission",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L21S01, doi:10.1029/2005GL024009, 2005.
• Urban, Timothy J. and Bob E. Schutz, 
  "ICESat Sea Level Comparisons",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L23S10, doi:10.1029/2005GL024306, 2005.
• Csatho, B., Y. Ahn, T. Yoon, C.J. van der Veen, S. Vogel, G. Hamilton, D. Morse, B. Smith, and V. B. Spikes, 
  "ICESat Measurements reveal Complex Pattern of Elevation Changes on Siple Coast Ice Streams, Antarctica",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L23S04, doi:10.1029/2005GL024289, 2005
• Schenk, T., B. Csatho, C. J. van der Veen, H. Brecher, Y Ahn, and T. Yoon, 
  "Registering Imagery to ICESat Data for Measuring Elevation Changes on Byrd Glacier, Antarctica",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol.32, L23S05, doi:10.1029/2005GL024328, 2005.
• Smith, B. E., C. Bentley, and C. F. Raymond, 
  "Recent Elevation Changes on the Ice Streams and Ridges of the Ross Embayment from ICESat Crossovers",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol.32, L21S09, doi:10.1029/2005GL024365, 2005.
• Naud, C., J. P Muller, and P. de Valk, (2005)  
  "On the use of ICESAT-GLAS Measurements for MODIS and SEVIRI Cloud-Top Height Accuracy Assessment",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32. L19815. doi:10.1029/2005GL023275.
• 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",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L22S03, doi:10.1029/2005GL023507.
• Spinhirne, J. D., S. P. Palm, and W. D. Hart, 
  "Antarctica Cloud Cover for October 2003 from GLAS Satellite Lidar Profiling",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L22S05, doi:10.1029/2005GL023782, 2005.
• Palm, S. P., M. Fromm, and J. Spinhirne, 
  "Observations of Antarctic Polar Stratospheric Clouds by the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS)",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L22S04, doi:10.1029/2005GL023524, 2005.
• Palm, S. P., A. Benedetti, and J. Spinhirne, 
  "Validation of ECMWF Global Forecast Model Parameters using GLAS Statospheric Channel Measurements",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L22S09, doi:10.1029/2005GL023535, 2005.
• Hart, W. D., J. D. Spinhirne, S. P. Palm, and D. L. Hlavka, 
  "Height Distribution between Cloud and Aerosol Layers from the GLAS Spaceborne Lidar in the Indian Ocean Region",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L22S06, doi:10.1029/2005GL023671, 2005.
• 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",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L22S07, doi:10.1029/2005GL023413, 2005.
• Lancaster, R. S., J. D. Spinhirne, and S. P. Palm, 
  "Laser Pulse Reflectance of the Ocean Surface from the GLAS Satellite Lidar",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L22S10, doi:10.1029/2005GL023732, 2005.
• Hoff, R. M., S. P. Palm, J. A. Engel-Cox, and J. Spinhirne, 
  "GLAS Long-range Transport Observation of the 2003 California Forest Fire Plumes to the Northeastern US",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L22S08, doi:10.1029/2005GL023723, 2005.
• Bréon, F. M., D. M. O'Brien, and J. D. Spinhirne, 
  "Scattering Layer Statistics from Space-borne GLAS Observations",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L22802, doi:10.1029/2005GL023825, 2005.
• Sauber, J., B. Molnia, C. Carabajal, S. Luthcke, and R. Muskett, 
  "Ice Elevations and Surface Change on the Malaspina Glacier, Alaska",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L23S01, doi:10.1029/2005GL023943, 2005.
• Fricker, H. A., A. Borsa, B. Minster, C. Carabajal, K. Quinn, and B. Bills, 
  "Assessment of ICESat Performance at the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L21S06, doi: 10.1029/2005GL023423, 2005.
• Fricker, H. A., J. N. Bassis, and B. Minster, 
  ICESat's New Perspective on Ice Shelf Rifts: The Vertical Dimension,
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L23S08, doi: 10.1029/2005GL025070, 2005.
• Nguyen, A. T. and T. A. Herring, 
  "Analysis of ICESat Data using Kalman Filter and Kriging to Study Height Changes in East Antarctica",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L23S03, doi:10.1029/2005GL024272, 2005.
• Padman, L. and H. A.Fricker, 
  "Tides on the Ross Ice Shelf observed with ICESat",
  Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L14503, doi: 10.1029/2005GL023214, 2005.
• HERZFELD, U.C., J. MASLANIK, H. MAYER, P. MCBRIDE and S. WILLIAMS, 
  "New results on the changing cryosphere from geostatistical interpolation and classification of first and second order spatial variables",
  Cheng, Q.and G. Bonham-Carter (eds.), GIS and Spatial Analysis, Proceedings of IAMG'05, The Annual Conference of the International Association for Mathematical Geology, Toronto, Canada, August 21-26, 2005, Geomatics Research Laboratory, York University, Toronto, Canada, and GPMR, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China, Vol. 1, p.92-98, 2005
• Yi, D., H. J. Zwally, and X. Sun, 
  "ICESat Measurement of Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Slope and Roughness",
  Annals of Glaciology, Vol. 42, pp. 83-89, 2005.
• H. Jay Zwally, Mario B. Giovinetto, Jun Li, Helen G. Cornejo, Matthew A. Beckley, Anita C. Brenner, Jack L. Saba, Donghui Yi, 
  "Mass Changes of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets and Shelves and Contributions to Sea-Level Rise: 1992-2002",
  Journal of Glaciology, 51, No. 175, 509-527, 2005.