Title :
Coherent Doppler wind lidar technology for space-based wind measurements including SPARCLE
Author :
Kavaya, M.J. ; Singh, U.N.
Author_Institution :
Global Hydrol. & Climate Center, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. A NASA program to develop laser and optical technology to enable space-based global wind profiling has led to the 1997 approval of the SPARCLE shuttle mission, the mission and the technology development program will be discussed.
Keywords :
Doppler radar; airborne radar; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric techniques; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; wind; NASA program; SPARCLE; SPARCLE shuttle mission; coherent Doppler wind lidar technology; space-based global wind profiling; space-based wind measurements; Laser radar; Noise level; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical mixing; Optical receivers; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Signal generators; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-595-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.834535
