The CU LIDAR Profilometer and Imaging System (CULPIS) is an airborne lidar mapping system developed at the University of Colorado at Boulder. It is designed to map land and sea ice surface topography and elevation from uncrewed aerial systems (UAS). It consists of a lidar system, an inertial measurement unit (IMU), a global positioning system (GPS), and digital cameras. The lidar system within CULPIS operates at the 905 nm wavelength and has a measurement rate of 400 Hz. It has a lidar footprint of 60 cm and an along-track spacing of 7.5 cm at a flight altitude of 200 m above ground level (AGL) and a flight speed of 30 meters per second.

Instrument Details
- Lidar
- Earth Science > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Glaciers/ice Sheets > Glacier Topography/ice Sheet TopographyEarth Science > Land Surface > Topography > Terrain ElevationEarth Science > Cryosphere > Glaciers/ice Sheets > Glacier Topography/ice Sheet TopographyEarth Science > Spectral/engineering > LidarEarth Science > Oceans > Sea Ice > Sea Ice ElevationEarth Science > Land Surface > TopographyEarth Science > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Elevation
- Sea/Ocean/Water Surface, Land Surface
- 400 Hz
- 60 cm at 200 m AGL
- 331.3 THz
- Currently unavailble
Ian Crocker
Ian Crocker
University of Colorado
NASA
Unpublished
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