Publication Date:
2019-06-27
Description:
A shuttle-borne lidar system is described, which will provide basic data about aerosol distributions for developing climatological models. Topics discussed include: (1) present knowledge of the physical characteristics of desert aerosols and the absorption characteristics of atmospheric gas, (2) radiative heating computations, and (3) general circulation models. The characteristics of a shuttle-borne radar are presented along with some laboratory studies which identify schemes that permit the implementation of a high spectral resolution lidar system.
Keywords:
EARTH RESOURCES AND REMOTE SENSING
Type:
NASA-CR-146134
Format:
application/pdf
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