Development of a Pulsed 2-micron Laser Transmitter for CO2 Sensing from SpaceNASA Langley Research Center (LaRC), in collaboration with NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), is engaged in the development and demonstration of a highly efficient, versatile, 2-micron pulsed laser that can be used in a pulsed Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL)/Integrated Path Differential Absorption (IPDA) instrument to make precise, high-resolution CO2 measurements to investigate sources, sinks, and fluxes of CO2. This laser transmitter will feature performance characteristics needed for an ASCENDS system that will be capable of delivering the CO2 measurement precision required by the Earth Science Decadal Survey (DS).
Document ID
20110012981
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Singh, Upendra N. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Yu, Jirong (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Bai, Yingxin (Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, VA, United States)
Petros, Mulugeta (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Menzies, Robert T. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)