Title :
Investments in Remote Sensing Instrument Technologies
Author :
Buckner, Janice L.
Author_Institution :
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Earth Sci. Technol. Office, Greenbelt, MD
Abstract :
As NASA Earth scientists strive to better understand the global changes of the Earth system, investments in advanced remote sensing technologies have become increasingly important. This paper focuses on accomplishments from recent Earth science technology development activities that are leading to new instrument system and subsystem level suborbital and space-based measurement techniques. Instrument systems described herein will help scientist better understanding how changes in ice topography and thickness, global tropospheric winds, and atmospheric aerosols and trace gases are impacting the Earth system. The NASA Earth Science Technology Office, Instrument Incubator Program, manages this portfolio of technology investments as well as numerous other technology developments for the NASA Science Mission Directorate.
Keywords :
aerosols; atmospheric chemistry; atmospheric composition; geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; ice; remote sensing; troposphere; wind; Earth Science Technology Office; Earth science technology development; Earth system; Instrument Incubator Program; NASA Science Mission Directorate; atmospheric aerosols; global tropospheric wind; ice thickness; ice topography; remote sensing instrument technology; space-based measurement technique; trace gas; Earth; Geoscience; Ice; Instruments; Investments; Measurement techniques; NASA; Remote sensing; Space technology; Surfaces;
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
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779353