• DocumentCode
    484302
  • Title

    Laser Sounder for Global Measufrement of Co2 Concentrations in the Troposhpere

  • Author

    Riris, Haris ; Abshire, James B. ; Allan, Graham ; Sun, Xiaoli ; Chen, S. Jeffrey ; Kawa, Randy ; Mao, Jian-Ping ; Stephen, Mark ; Burris, John ; Wilson, Emily ; Krainak, Michael A.

  • Author_Institution
    Goddard Space Flight Center, Sci. & Technol. Directorates, NASA, Greenbelt, MD
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    7-11 July 2008
  • Abstract
    We report progress in assessing the feasibility of a new satellite-based laser-sounding instrument to measure CO2 concentrations in the lower troposphere from space.
  • Keywords
    atmospheric composition; atmospheric measuring apparatus; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; remote sensing by radar; CO2; global carbon dioxide concentrations measurement; laser radar; lower troposphere; satellite-based laser-sounding instrument; Absorption; Atmospheric measurements; Extraterrestrial measurements; Fiber lasers; Gas lasers; Instruments; Laser radar; Laser tuning; Sea measurements; Space technology; Laser radar; Spectroscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2807-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2808-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779398
  • Filename
    4779398