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Continuing the evolution of CASALS
Completed
TRL 3 (started at 2, targeting 3)
Description
Proposed Objectives: • Quantify lidar performance from successful engineering flights against the design goals • Advance frequency doubling approach for producing green light of wide wavelength regime • Assess the feasibility of a lidar atmospheric channel based on Nov. 2024 flights. Appropriateness: This work is required to fill in the gaps of the CASALS STV roadmap that aren’t supported by IRAD or planned for DSI.
Benefits
Increase scientific understanding of natural phenomena using remote sensing.
Details
| Technology area | Sensors and Instruments > Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors > Lasers |
| Program | ESTO Innovation Fund (EIF) |
| Lead organization | Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD |
| Start date | 2024-12-18 |
| End date | 2025-09-30 |
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