Title :
2 μm LIDAR for laser-based remote sensing: flight demonstration and application survey
Author :
Wagener, Thomas J. ; Demma, Nick ; Kmetec, Jeffrey D. ; Kubo, Tracy S.
Author_Institution :
Honeywell Inc., Bloomington, MN, USA
fDate :
30 Oct-3 Nov 1994
Abstract :
A flight test of a diode-pumped solid-state 2 μm Doppler Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) system was conducted on-board the NASA Ames DC-8 Airborne Laboratory. This was the first ever airborne demonstration of an 2 μm diode-pumped solid-state Doppler LIDAR. The LIDAR performance was verified by comparing the true-airspeed (TAS) estimate with that found using the pneumatic air data system; excellent agreement was found. The capabilities of this pulsed 2 μm Doppler LIDAR system include high bandwidth air data determination without the need for extensive forebody calibration, remote wind profiling as far as several kilometers away from the aircraft, eye-safe laser transmission at 2 μm, and diode-pumped solid-state design for compact construction and reliable performance
Keywords :
aircraft testing; automatic testing; avionics; data acquisition; military avionics; optical radar; remote sensing; remote sensing by laser beam; velocity measurement; wind; 2 mum; LIDAR; NASA Ames DC-8 Airborne Laboratory; airborne testing; diode-pumped solid-state Doppler LIDAR; eye-safe laser transmission; flight demonstration; flight test; high bandwidth air data; laser-based remote sensing; on-board testing; pneumatic air data; remote wind profiling; true-airspeed estimate; wake vortex detection; wind shear detection; Bandwidth; Data systems; Diodes; Laboratories; Laser radar; NASA; Optical pulses; Remote sensing; Solid state circuits; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1994. 13th DASC., AIAA/IEEE
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2425-0
DOI :
10.1109/DASC.1994.369420
