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Green OAWL Airborne Demostrator (GrOAWL)
Completed
TRL 5
Description
Develop the Gr-OAWL receiver into a rugged airborne 532 nm wavelength aerosol Doppler wind lidar with two look angles from a single platform Perform high altitude aircraft test flights measuring line-of-sight (LOS) wind profiles from two looks over a series of atmospheric aerosol conditions Validate the airborne system performance using ground-based weather radiosondes
Details
| Technology area | Sensors and Instruments > Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors > Lasers |
| Program | Earth Science (ESD) |
| Lead organization | NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC |
| Start date | 2015-03-01 |
| End date | 2018-03-31 |
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