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Non-Topographic Space-Based Laser Remote SensingIn the past 20+ years, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has successfully developed and flown lidars for mapping of Mars, the Earth, Mercury and the Moon. As laser and electro-optics technologies expand and mature, more sophisticated instruments that once were thought to be too complicated for space are being considered and developed. We will present progress on several new, space-based laser instruments that are being developed at GSFC. These include lidars for remote sensing of carbon dioxide and methane on Earth for carbon cycle and global climate change; sodium resonance fluorescence lidar to measure environmental parameters of the middle and upper atmosphere on Earth and Mars and a wind lidar for Mars orbit; in situ laser instruments include remote and in-situ measurements of the magnetic fields; and a time-of-flight mass spectrometer to study the diversity and structure of nonvolatile organics in solid samples on missions to outer planetary satellites and small bodies.
Document ID
20160007481
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Presentation
Authors
Yu, Anthony W. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Abshire, James B. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Riris, Haris (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Purucker, Michael (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Janches, Diego (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Getty, Stephanie (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Krainak, Michael A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Stephen, Mark A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Chen, Jeffrey R. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Li, Steve X. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Numata, Kenji (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Fahey, Molly E. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Wu, Stewart (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Allan, Graham R. (Sigma Space Corp. Lanham, MD, United States)
Konoplev, Oleg (Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Lanham, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
June 13, 2016
Publication Date
June 5, 2016
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN32615
Meeting Information
Meeting: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) 2016
Location: San Jose, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: June 5, 2016
End Date: June 10, 2016
Sponsors: Optical Society of America
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG15HQ01C
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG14CR58C
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
Laser
Lidar
Remote Sensing

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