Conference proceeding
Development of an Autonomous Lidar Instrument for Use on a UAV Platform
Infotech@Aerospoace; Arlington, VA; USA; 26-29 Sept. 2005, pp.1-4
09/26/2005
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-7016
Abstract
Researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have developed an autonomous aerosol backscatter lidar instrument for use on the high-altitude ER-2 research aircraft. This instrument, known as the Cloud Physics Lidar (CPL), has proven highly valuable to NASA over the past five years. The CPL has been used extensively for studies of clouds, dust, and aerosols and for satellite validation activities. Because the future of NASA's suborbital program appears to rely heavily on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), and because CPL have been essential for NASA science and satellite validation, it is highly desirable to have a similar measurement capability available for use on UAVs. To meet this need, work is currently underway to transfer this instrument to a UAV platform. Our approach is to build a duplicate of the proven successful CPL instrument, which can be done with low cost and low risk. While the NASA applications are Earth science and satellite validation, there are also Homeland Security and non-NASA science applications for such an instrument.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Development of an Autonomous Lidar Instrument for Use on a UAV Platform
- Creators
- Matthew McGillV. Stanley ScottMarcos Sirota
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- Infotech@Aerospoace; Arlington, VA; USA; 26-29 Sept. 2005, pp.1-4
- DOI
- 10.2514/6.2005-7016
- ISSN
- 0146-3705
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/26/2005
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy; Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984276457702771
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