Title :
Instrument design and in orbit performance of planetary lidars developed at NASA GSFC
Author :
Sun, Xiaoli ; Cavanaugh, John F. ; Smith, James C. ; Abshire, James B. ; McGarry, Jan F. ; Neumann, Gregory A. ; Smith, David E. ; Zuber, Maria T.
Author_Institution :
NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Abstract :
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has developed a series of space lidars over the past 15 years and successfully mapped Mars, Earth, Mercury and Moon. Each of these space lidars had its special challenges in measurement requirements and operation environments. Each made a major advancement in space lidar technologies. This paper gives a brief overview of these space lidar systems.
Keywords :
aerospace instrumentation; optical radar; Earth; Goddard Space Flight Center; Mars; Mercury; Moon; NASA GSFC; in orbit performance; instrument design; operation environments; planetary lidars; space lidar series; space lidar systems; space lidar technologies; Extraterrestrial measurements; Laser radar; Mars; Measurement by laser beam; Receivers; Space vehicles; Surface emitting lasers; Laser altimeter; Lidar;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352323
