Author Affiliations
1 Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710119, China2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Signal count reduction factor of different detectors
Fig. 2. Relationship between signal-to-noise ratio and albedo
Fig. 3. Echo pulse waveform
Fig. 4. Background noise distribution
Fig. 5. Probability distribution of errors at different detection rates
Fig. 6. Relationship between system error and detection rate
Fig. 7. Relationship between different parameters and detection rate. (a) Relationship between FWHM and detection rate; (b) relationship between peak detection rate and detection rate; (c) relationship between detection rate and the product of peak height and FWHM
Fig. 8. Input topography model
Fig. 9. Point clouds of event. (a) Δz=0.1 m; (b) Δz=0.2 m; (c) Δz=0.3 m; (d) Δz=0.39 m
Fig. 10. Output topography model
Fig. 11. Histogram of output topography
Fig. 12. Remote sensing image of ground object model
Fig. 13. Topography model after optimizing
Fig. 14. Topography histogram after optimizing
Parameter | Value |
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Laser wavelength /nm | 532 | Spot diameter /m | 10 | Pulse duration /ns | 1 | Repetition rate /kHz | 10 | Repetition period (30 km) /ms | 0.1 | Peak laser power /mJ | 250-900 | Orbital height /km | 600 | Step /m | 0.688 |
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Table 1. Performance parameters of ATLAS
Atmosphere model | Radiance /(W·cm-2·μm-1·sr-1) | Transmittance |
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| Albedo is 0 | Albedo is 1 |
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Tropical | 103.935×10-3 | 6.400×10-2 | 0.625 | Mid-latitude summer | 4.057×10-3 | 6.365×10-2 | 0.622 | Mid-latitude winter | 3.911×10-3 | 6.320×10-2 | 0.640 | Sub-arctic summer | 4.060×10-3 | 6.355×10-2 | 0.621 | Sub-arctic winter | 3.915×10-3 | 6.336×10-2 | 0.640 | US standard 1976 | 4.061×10-3 | 6.358×10-2 | 0.622 |
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Table 2. Influence of typical atmosphere model
Detection rate /% | Peak detection rate /% | FWHM /cm |
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10 | 0.24 | 39.32 | 50 | 1.21 | 39.30 | 80 | 2.06 | 38.45 | 90 | 2.47 | 35.56 | 99 | 3.22 | 33.19 | 99.9 | 3.64 | 25.07 |
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Table 3. Peak detection rate and FWHM at different detection rates