The SPAce Readiness Coherent Lidar Experiment (SPARCLE) is a NASA mission to demonstrate for the first time the measurement of tropospheric winds from a space platform using coherent Doppler Wind Lidar (DWL). SPARCLE is scheduled for launch in early 2001 on board one of the shuttle orbiters. While primarily a demonstration of the technology's performance at ranges of 300-350 km, the mission will also address sampling issues critical to the design and operation of follow-on missions. In this paper we provide a brief overview of the SPARCLE instrument and the experiments being planned.


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    Title :

    SPARCLE: A Mission Overview


    Contributors:
    Emmitt, G. D. (author) / Kavaya, M. (author) / Miller, T. (author)


    Publication date :

    1999-11-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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