NASA/LMSC instrument design and fabrication

The topics addressed are: (1) class-10 flight test program; (2) class system requirements; (3) Doppler wind velocity measurement; (4) systems specifications rational; (5) signal-to-noise equation for remote atmospheric sensing laser velocimeter; (6) variation of signal-to-noise ratios and true wind velocity with distance; (7) velocity error as a function of signal-to-noise ratio, with turbulence; and (8) final class optomechanical design on NASA B/737.