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Geoscience Laser Ranging System design and performance predictionsThe Geoscience Laser System (GLRS) will be a high-precision distance-measuring instrument planned for deployment on the EOS-B platform. Its primary objectives are to perform ranging measurements to ground targets to monitor crustal deformation and tectonic plate motions, and nadir-looking altimetry to determine ice sheet thicknesses, surface topography, and vertical profiles of clouds and aerosols. The system uses a mode-locked, 3-color Nd:YAG laser source, a Microchannel Plate-PMT for absolute time-of-flight (TOF) measurement (at 532 nm), a streak camera for TOF 2-color dispersion measurement (532 nm and 355 nm), and a Si avalanche photodiode for altimeter waveform detection (1064 nm). The performance goals are to make ranging measurements to ground targets with about 1 cm accuracy, and altimetry height measurements over ice with 10 cm accuracy. This paper presents an overview of the design concept developed during a phase B study. System engineering issues and trade studies are discussed, with particular attention to error budgets and performance predictions.
Document ID
19930040193
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Anderson, Kent L.
(General Electric Co., Astro-Space Div., Princeton NJ, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: In: Earth and atmospheric remote sensing; Proceedings of the Meeting, Orlando, FL, Apr. 2-4, 1991 (A93-24176 08-42)
Publisher: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
Subject Category
Spacecraft Instrumentation
Accession Number
93A24190
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-30526
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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