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Vol. 62, Issue 1, 0101001 (2025)

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

Zheng Zhao^1、*, Zhiyu Zhang¹, and Songhua Wu^1、2

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¹Faculty of Information Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, Shandong , China

²Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao 266237, Shandong , China

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