LITE-the first spaceborne lidar

Author

McCormick, M. Patrick ; Hostetler, Chris A.

Author_Institution

Atmos. Sci. Div., NASA Langley Res. Center, Hampton, VA, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

3-6 Apr 1995

Firstpage

163

Lastpage

166

Abstract

The first lidar in Earth orbit was recently flown aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, September 9-20, 1994. The lidar In-space Technology Experiment (LITE) collected 45 hours of 3-wavelength atmospheric backscatter profiles during the 10-day mission. A wide variety of lidar measurements were made, including those of multi-level clouds, tropospheric and stratospheric aerosols, PBL heights, desert aerosols aloft, smoke from biomass burning, and pollution outflows from continents. This paper describes the LITE instrument and its capabilities, the worldwide correlative measurements program, and initial results

Keywords

air pollution; air pollution measurement; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric techniques; laser beam applications; meteorological instruments; optical radar; pollution measurement; remote sensing; remote sensing by laser beam; LITE; PBL height; Space Shuttle; aerosol; air pollution; apparatus instrument; atmosphere; boundary layer; cloud; instrument; laser remote sensing; lidar In-space Technology Experiment; measurement technique; meteorology; satellite method; smoke; spaceborne lidar; stratosphere; troposphere; Aerosols; Atmospheric measurements; Backscatter; Clouds; Earth; Extraterrestrial measurements; Laser radar; Pollution measurement; Space shuttles; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Combined Optical-Microwave Earth and Atmosphere Sensing, 1995. Conference Proceedings., Second Topical Symposium on

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2402-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COMEAS.1995.472376

Filename

472376