Scientific investigations planned for the lidar in-space technology experiment (LITE)

Journal Article · Mon Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(1993)074<0205:SIPFTL>2.0.CO;2· OSTI ID:6601740

McCormick, M P; Winker, D M; Browell, E V ^[1]; Coakley, J A ^[2]; Gardner, C S ^[3]; Hoff, R M ^[4]; Kent, G S ^[5]; Melfi, S H ^[6]; Menzies, R T ^[7]; Platt, C M.R. ^[8]; Randall, D A ^[9]; Reagan, J A ^[10]

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1. NASA/Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA (United States)
2. Oregon State Univ., Corvallis (United States)
3. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana (United States)
4. Center for Atmospheric Research Experiments, Egbert, Ontario (Canada)
5. Science and Technology Corp., Hampton, VA (United States)
6. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (United States)
7. Jet Propulsion Lab., Pasadena, CA (United States)
8. CSIRO, Aspendale, Victoria (Australia)
9. Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins (United States)
10. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson (United States)

The Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE) is being developed by NASA/Langley Research Center for a series off lights on the space shuttle beginning in 1994. Employing a three-wave-length ND:YAG laser and a 1-m-diameter telescope, the system is a test-bed for the development of technology required for future operational spaceborne lidars. The system has been designed to observe clouds, tropospheric and stratospheric aerosols, characteristics of the planetary boundary layer, and stratospheric density and temperature perturbations with much greater resolution than is available from current orbiting sensors. In addition to providing unique datasets on these phenomena, the data obtained will be useful in improving retrieval algorithms currently in use. Observations of clouds and the planetary boundary layer will aid in the development of global climate model (GCM) parameterizations. This article briefly describes the LITE program and discusses the types of scientific investigations planned for the first flight.

• OSTI ID: 6601740
• Journal Information: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society; (United States), Journal Name: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society; (United States) Vol. 74:2; ISSN 0003-0007; ISSN BAMIAT
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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