Advancements Towards Active Remote Sensing of CO2 from Space Using Intensity-Modulated, Continuous-Wave (IM-CW) Lidar
The Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons (ASCENDS) CarbonHawk Experiment Simulator (ACES) is a NASA Langley Research Center instrument funded by NASAs Science Mission Directorate that seeks to advance technologies critical to measuring atmospheric column carbon dioxide (CO2...
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ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:20190033240 2023-05-15T15:00:34+02:00 Advancements Towards Active Remote Sensing of CO2 from Space Using Intensity-Modulated, Continuous-Wave (IM-CW) Lidar Meadows, Byron Browell, Edward V. Sparrow, Joseph Corbett, Abigail M. DiGangi, Josh Fan, Tai-Fang Kooi, Susan Campbell, Joel F. Dobler, Jeremy Obland, Michael D. Lin, Bing Carrion, William Hicks, Jonathan Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available September 10, 2018 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20190033240 unknown Document ID: 20190033240 http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20190033240 Copyright, Public use permitted CASI Earth Resources and Remote Sensing NF1676L-29689 SPIE Remote Sensing 2018; Sep 10, 2018 - Sep 13, 2018; Berlin; Germany 2018 ftnasantrs 2019-12-21T23:47:49Z The Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons (ASCENDS) CarbonHawk Experiment Simulator (ACES) is a NASA Langley Research Center instrument funded by NASAs Science Mission Directorate that seeks to advance technologies critical to measuring atmospheric column carbon dioxide (CO2) mixing ratios in support of the NASA ASCENDS mission. The ACES instrument, an Intensity-Modulated Continuous-Wave (IM-CW) lidar, was designed for high-altitude aircraft operations and can be directly applied to space instrumentation to meet the ASCENDS mission requirements. The ACES design demonstrates advanced technologies critical for developing an airborne simulator and spaceborne instrument with lower platform consumption of size, mass, and power, and with improved performance. ACES recently flew on the NASA DC-8 aircraft during the 2017 NASA ASCENDS/Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) airborne measurement campaign to test ASCENDS-related technologies in the challenging Arctic environment. Data were collected over a wide variety of surface reflectivities, terrain, and atmospheric conditions during the campaigns 8 research flights. ACES also flew during the 2017 and 2018 Atmospheric Carbon and Transport America (ACT-America) Earth Venture Suborbital -2 (EVS-2) campaigns along with the primary ACT-America CO2 lidar, Harris Corporations Multi-Frequency Fiber Laser Lidar (MFLL). Regional CO2 distributions of the lower atmosphere were observed from the C-130 aircraft during the ACT-America campaigns in support of ACT-Americas science objectives. The airborne lidars provide unique data that complement the more traditional in situ sensors. This presentation shows the applications of CO2 lidars in meeting these science needs from airborne platforms and an eventual spacecraft. Other/Unknown Material Arctic NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Arctic |
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Earth Resources and Remote Sensing Meadows, Byron Browell, Edward V. Sparrow, Joseph Corbett, Abigail M. DiGangi, Josh Fan, Tai-Fang Kooi, Susan Campbell, Joel F. Dobler, Jeremy Obland, Michael D. Lin, Bing Carrion, William Hicks, Jonathan Advancements Towards Active Remote Sensing of CO2 from Space Using Intensity-Modulated, Continuous-Wave (IM-CW) Lidar |
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The Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons (ASCENDS) CarbonHawk Experiment Simulator (ACES) is a NASA Langley Research Center instrument funded by NASAs Science Mission Directorate that seeks to advance technologies critical to measuring atmospheric column carbon dioxide (CO2) mixing ratios in support of the NASA ASCENDS mission. The ACES instrument, an Intensity-Modulated Continuous-Wave (IM-CW) lidar, was designed for high-altitude aircraft operations and can be directly applied to space instrumentation to meet the ASCENDS mission requirements. The ACES design demonstrates advanced technologies critical for developing an airborne simulator and spaceborne instrument with lower platform consumption of size, mass, and power, and with improved performance. ACES recently flew on the NASA DC-8 aircraft during the 2017 NASA ASCENDS/Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) airborne measurement campaign to test ASCENDS-related technologies in the challenging Arctic environment. Data were collected over a wide variety of surface reflectivities, terrain, and atmospheric conditions during the campaigns 8 research flights. ACES also flew during the 2017 and 2018 Atmospheric Carbon and Transport America (ACT-America) Earth Venture Suborbital -2 (EVS-2) campaigns along with the primary ACT-America CO2 lidar, Harris Corporations Multi-Frequency Fiber Laser Lidar (MFLL). Regional CO2 distributions of the lower atmosphere were observed from the C-130 aircraft during the ACT-America campaigns in support of ACT-Americas science objectives. The airborne lidars provide unique data that complement the more traditional in situ sensors. This presentation shows the applications of CO2 lidars in meeting these science needs from airborne platforms and an eventual spacecraft. |
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Meadows, Byron Browell, Edward V. Sparrow, Joseph Corbett, Abigail M. DiGangi, Josh Fan, Tai-Fang Kooi, Susan Campbell, Joel F. Dobler, Jeremy Obland, Michael D. Lin, Bing Carrion, William Hicks, Jonathan |
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Advancements Towards Active Remote Sensing of CO2 from Space Using Intensity-Modulated, Continuous-Wave (IM-CW) Lidar |
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Advancements Towards Active Remote Sensing of CO2 from Space Using Intensity-Modulated, Continuous-Wave (IM-CW) Lidar |
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