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Active optical technology: recent developments and lessons learned
Paper Abstract
This paper provides an overview of the active optical technology developments supporting the Earth Science Division at
NASA. It summarizes key results from a multiyear NASA investment program aimed at enabling new Earth science
measurement capabilities, and a special program focused upon developing new techniques in the 1- and 2-micron
wavelengths and improving reliability and longevity of future NASA active sensing instruments. Examples for Earth
Science measurements such as atmospheric composition, altimetry, wind profiles, ozone levels, and vegetation change
are discussed.
Paper Details
Date Published: 13 September 2011
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 8159, Lidar Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring XII, 815902 (13 September 2011); doi: 10.1117/12.897237
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8159:
Lidar Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring XII
Upendra N. Singh, Editor(s)
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 8159, Lidar Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring XII, 815902 (13 September 2011); doi: 10.1117/12.897237
Show Author Affiliations
George J. Komar, NASA (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8159:
Lidar Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring XII
Upendra N. Singh, Editor(s)
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