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A broad overview of NASA’s science and application needs for Lidar Systems Technology from space, airborne, and ground-based platforms will be presented. In particular, future needs for Lidar Technology in conducting scientific investigations in the NASA’s Earth Sciences and Applications Program from space platforms will be highlighted. Examples of scientific investigations utilizing Lidar systems within NASA will be presented for measuring atmospheric aerosols, meteorological variables and atmospheric species. In this paper, scientific and instrumentation results will be used to project a shopping list of instrumentation requirements for “All” Solid State Lidar Systems for long-duration missions from space platforms and high flying aircraft. Some current thoughts on future research directions in developing “All” Solid State Lidar Systems for NASA’s science investigations will be presented, with particular emphasis on vibronic lasers.
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Allario, F., Conway, B.A. (1985). An Overview of NASA Requirements for Tunable Solid State Laser Systems and Technology. In: Hammerling, P., Budgor, A.B., Pinto, A. (eds) Tunable Solid State Lasers. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 47. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39236-1_7
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