Spaceborne LiDAR Systems: Evolution, Capabilities, and Challenges
In the realm of earth observation and space exploration, LiDAR technology offers humanity insights into the dynamics of our planet and beyond. This paper reviews spaceborne LiDAR instruments with attention to their evolution, capabilities, and achievements. We focus on the high-level LiDAR instrumen...
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| author | Jan Bolcek Mohamed Barakat A. Gibril Jiří Veverka Šimon Sloboda Roman Maršálek Tomáš Götthans |
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| description | In the realm of earth observation and space exploration, LiDAR technology offers humanity insights into the dynamics of our planet and beyond. This paper reviews spaceborne LiDAR instruments with attention to their evolution, capabilities, and achievements. We focus on the high-level LiDAR instrument design, their components, and their operational parameters in contribution to the study of Earth. Through examining selected space missions, this work illustrates the role of LiDAR technology in our understanding of environmental and atmospheric phenomena. Furthermore, the paper looks ahead, discussing the ongoing development of advanced LiDAR technologies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e1cece4b8a204224b9450a26fd2d60f72025-08-20T02:21:53ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202025-06-012512369610.3390/s25123696Spaceborne LiDAR Systems: Evolution, Capabilities, and ChallengesJan Bolcek0Mohamed Barakat A. Gibril1Jiří Veverka2Šimon Sloboda3Roman Maršálek4Tomáš Götthans5Department of Radio Electronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology, 602 00 Brno, Czech RepublicGIS and Remote Sensing Center, Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Radio Electronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology, 602 00 Brno, Czech RepublicDepartment of Radio Electronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology, 602 00 Brno, Czech RepublicDepartment of Radio Electronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology, 602 00 Brno, Czech RepublicDepartment of Radio Electronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology, 602 00 Brno, Czech RepublicIn the realm of earth observation and space exploration, LiDAR technology offers humanity insights into the dynamics of our planet and beyond. This paper reviews spaceborne LiDAR instruments with attention to their evolution, capabilities, and achievements. We focus on the high-level LiDAR instrument design, their components, and their operational parameters in contribution to the study of Earth. Through examining selected space missions, this work illustrates the role of LiDAR technology in our understanding of environmental and atmospheric phenomena. Furthermore, the paper looks ahead, discussing the ongoing development of advanced LiDAR technologies.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/12/3696LiDARspaceborne LiDARremote sensingearth observationplanetary explorationatmospheric studies |
| spellingShingle | Jan Bolcek Mohamed Barakat A. Gibril Jiří Veverka Šimon Sloboda Roman Maršálek Tomáš Götthans Spaceborne LiDAR Systems: Evolution, Capabilities, and Challenges Sensors LiDAR spaceborne LiDAR remote sensing earth observation planetary exploration atmospheric studies |
| title | Spaceborne LiDAR Systems: Evolution, Capabilities, and Challenges |
| title_full | Spaceborne LiDAR Systems: Evolution, Capabilities, and Challenges |
| title_fullStr | Spaceborne LiDAR Systems: Evolution, Capabilities, and Challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spaceborne LiDAR Systems: Evolution, Capabilities, and Challenges |
| title_short | Spaceborne LiDAR Systems: Evolution, Capabilities, and Challenges |
| title_sort | spaceborne lidar systems evolution capabilities and challenges |
| topic | LiDAR spaceborne LiDAR remote sensing earth observation planetary exploration atmospheric studies |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/12/3696 |
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