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LIDAR SPACE TECHNOLOGY EXPERIMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment(LITE) is being developed by Nasa Langley Research Center for a series of flights on the space shuttle. Using a laser, a telescope approximately 1 meter in diameter and a modular design, the system will be used to study clouds, tropospheric and stratospheric aerosols, characteristics of the planetary boundary layer, stratospheric density and temperature pertubations, and to some degree, surface topography.

Key term(s)
  • lidar in space technology experiment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace

Spanish

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