Title :
LITE-the first spaceborne lidar
Author :
McCormick, M. Patrick ; Hostetler, Chris A.
Author_Institution :
Atmos. Sci. Div., NASA Langley Res. Center, Hampton, VA, USA
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/COMEAS.1995.472376
