Balloonborne Lidar Experiment.
Abstract
The object of this contract was to design a balloonborne lidar experiment capable of performing nightime atmospheric density measurements in the 10 to 40 km altitude domain with a resolution of 100 meters. The payload includes a frequency-tripled Nd:YAG laser with outputs at 353 and 1064 nm, a telescoped receiver with PMT detectors, a command-controlled optical pointing system, and support systems, including thermal control, telemetry, command, and power. Density measurements would be made using the back-scattered 353 nm radiation data with aerosol corrections obtained from 1064 nm radiation scatterings. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 24, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA095366
Entities
People
- A. G. Hurd
- G. Aurilio
- O. Shepherd
- R. D. Bucknam
- R. W. Brooke