Calibration/Validation Technology for the CO2 Satellite

AOS has shown that it is feasible to use the combined NASA/SBIR resources from Phases I and II to: (i) Build a turn-key analyzer system that has the dual-band/differential architecture and is small, light and sensitive enough to be deployed in the smallest zone of the Global Hawk (GH); (ii) Demonstrate TRL 9 and flight readiness of the analyzer system for deployment on the GH and (iii) Validate the analyzer system for observations of CO2 DMF by double-blind comparison with the flask sampling technology of NOAA/GMD and by broadband comparison with an AOS analyzer system that have been validated on hundreds of airborne missions. The net result of Phase II will be a TRL 9 CO2 analyzer system that can be deployed on the GH as needed for NASA field studies and validation of CO2 satellites.

(i) Drop-in CO2 analyzer payload for great range of platforms to include robotics and the cabin of conventional aircraft. (ii) Studies of atmospheric CO2 as part of detailed process studies of oceanic and terrestrial environments. (iii) Improvement of all CO2 analyzer technologies invented and developed by AOS, Inc. for a substantial range of robotic and manned platforms.

(i) CO2 analyzer payloads appropriate for the platforms of NASA's Airborne Science Program. (ii) Validation/calibration of the atmospheric CO2 column observed by satellite. (iii) Calibration of ground-based line of sight calibrators (TCON) of the CO2 satellite. (iv) Studies of atmospheric CO2 as part of detailed process studies of oceanic and terrestrial environments.

This is a mature technology (TRL 9) — the realistic path in is usually NASA's Technology Transfer Program: licensing an existing NASA patent, or a Space Act Agreement to use NASA facilities/expertise directly. NASA also runs a startup licensing program with no upfront fee for companies formed to commercialize a specific NASA technology.

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