Miniaturized Lidar Sensor for Fire and PBL Payloads

Completed TRL 3 (started at 1, targeting 3)

Description

Advance design for UAV/drone-compatible micro-lidar sensor to provide vertical resolution for use with PBL and fire sensing payloads (for critical measurements of PBL height, plume height, injection height); mature design for IIP or FireTech proposal.

Benefits

Increase scientific understanding of natural phenomena using remote sensing.

Details

Technology area	Sensors and Instruments > Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors > Lasers
Program	Earth Science (ESD)
Lead organization	Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
Start date	2022-09-01
End date	2023-02-28

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Edward P Nowottnick — edward.p.nowottnick@nasa.gov

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