The National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) is currently developing a new spaceborne lidar system, the so-called Mission Demonstration lidar (MDS-lidar) or Experiment Lidar In Space Equipment (ELISE). The system will be launched in the early 2000's. Its goals are to demonstrate the applicability of some key components for the long-term operation of a lidar in space and to provide scientific data from one year observations for climatological studies. At present a simulation study is conducted to estimate ELISE's performance for observations of clouds and aerosols. Due to the global measurement coverage a broad range of atmospheric conditions has to be considered. We will present simulation results regarding system calibration and quantitative measurements with ELISE.
Simulation study for the NASDA mission demonstration satellite lidar (ELISE)
1999-01-01
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English
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