Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 1, 0101001(2025)

Impulse Response of ICESat-2 Satellite LiDAR System and Inversion Study of Ocean Optical Parameters

Zheng Zhao1、*, Zhiyu Zhang1, and Songhua Wu1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Faculty of Information Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, Shandong , China
  • 2Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao 266237, Shandong , China
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    ATLAS nighttime data for the Atlantic and the Uyuni Salt Marsh region. (a) Atlantic photon point cloud; (b) Atlantic histogram of photon event accumulation; (c) Uyuni salt marsh region photon point cloud; (d) Uyuni salt marsh region histogram of photon event accumulation
    Accumulation histogram of photon events on different surfaces. (a) Accumulation of ground experiment data; (b) accumulation of on-orbit ocean data; (c) accumulation of on-orbit salt marsh data; (d) accumulation of on-orbit desert data
    Theoretical values of pulse broadening of ATLAS system for different surface roughness and surface slope
    Data quality control process
    Uyuni salt marsh data and its quality control results. (a) Initial point cloud data of Uyuni salt marsh; (b) quality control results
    Comparison results of Uyuni salt marsh ATL03 data before and after peak alignment and its profile signal. (a) Photon point cloud without peak alignment; (b) accumulation histogram without peak alignment; (c) photon point cloud after peak alignment; (d) accumulation histogram after peak alignment
    Comparison result of system impulse response function. (a) System impulse response function of system established after quality control; (b) system impulse response function of system established directly
    Comparison of bbp inversion results in the Black Sea area based on different system impulse response functions. (a) SIRg; (b) SIRqcs; (c) SIRqcd; (d) SIRqus; (e) SIRqud
    Comparison of bb and bbp inversion results for Black Sea area. (a) Inversion results of bbp; (b) inversion results of bb
    • Table 1. Comparison of relative positions and relative intensities of AP1, AP2, and AP0

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      Table 1. Comparison of relative positions and relative intensities of AP1, AP2, and AP0

      Surface typePOSAP1 /nsPOSAP2 /nsAP1 /AP0AP2 /AP0σAP0
      Test hard target15.4727.911.300×10-37.600×10-46.100×10-2
      Ocean15.3527.852.455×10-31.405×10-32.452×10-1
      Salt marsh15.4527.751.226×10-37.933×10-41.250×10-1
      Desert15.5027.701.368×10-38.521×10-42.334×10-1
    • Table 2. Parameter fitting results for ex-Gaussian distribution

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      Table 2. Parameter fitting results for ex-Gaussian distribution

      ParameterSIRqcsSIRqusSIRqcdSIRqudSIRg
      μ-0.023-0.035-0.024-0.044-0.127
      σ0.0870.0950.0890.1420.061
      τ0.1350.1490.1390.1480.113
      Δμ114.7114.7615.1014.9615.47
      Δμ228.0828.1728.2028.6027.91
    • Table 3. Comparison of inversion results of corrected impulse response function of system built with different data

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      Table 3. Comparison of inversion results of corrected impulse response function of system built with different data

      Response functionbbp /%bb /%
      SIRgBGC-ArgoSIRgMODIS
      SIRqcd Beam 122.566.243.542.3
      SIRqcd Beam 326.371.336.848.5
      SIRqcd Beam 519.270.544.339.3
      SIRqcs Beam 118.366.540.038.2
      SIRqus Beam 184.7156.5133.7121.2
      SIRqud Beam 1112.6188.0158.6150.3
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    Zheng Zhao, Zhiyu Zhang, Songhua Wu. Impulse Response of ICESat-2 Satellite LiDAR System and Inversion Study of Ocean Optical Parameters[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2025, 62(1): 0101001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Atmospheric Optics and Oceanic Optics

    Received: Jan. 31, 2024

    Accepted: Apr. 28, 2024

    Published Online: Jan. 9, 2025

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    DOI:10.3788/LOP241108

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP241108

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