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The use of airborne lasers in terrestrial and water environmentsThis document has the objective to provide some information regarding the applications for which an airborne laser system can be utilized. The considered data have been collected with the NASA Airborne Oceanographic Lidar (AOL), operational since 1977 as a flying laser laboratory. The most basic mode of operation of the AOL involves operation as a profiler. The data collected are similar to those which would be collected by a ground survey party. In the fluorosensing mode, pulsed laser light is used to induce fluorescence in various pigments contained in land and water targets. A capability for reliably mapping bottom geometry in clear ocean water to depths of 10-12 meters was also demonstrated, while other studies are related to the utilization of the AOL for synoptic mapping of surface layer concentrations of chlorophyll and other photopigments contained in phytoplankton.
Document ID
19850043200
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Krabill, W. B.
(NASA Wallops Flight Center Wallops Island, VA, United States)
Link, L. E.
(U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, MS, United States)
Swift, R. N.
(EG&G Washington Analytical Services Center Inc., Pocomoke City, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1983
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Accession Number
85A25351
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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