HR: 13:55h
AN: IN23B-02 INVITED    [Abstracts]
TI: NASA ESTO: Preparing the Future of Earth Science Observation Technology
AU: * Mlynczak, M G
EM: Martin.G.Mlynczak@nasa.gov
AF: NASA Langley Research Center, 100 NASA Road, Hampton, VA 23693,
AU: Johnson, D G
EM: David.G.Johnson@nasa.gov
AF: NASA Langley Research Center, 100 NASA Road, Hampton, VA 23693,
AU: Hogue, H H
EM: Henry.Hogue@drs-sts.com
AF: DRS Sensors and Targeting Systems, 10600 Valley View Street, Cypress, CA, CA 90630,
AB: NASA's Earth-Sun System Technology Office (ESTO) is investing in passive remote sensing technologies that will provide revolutionary advances in our knowledge of the Earth system. We will focus specifically on two Instrument Incubator Program (IIP) projects, the Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of the Troposphere (FIRST) instrument already developed and the In-situ Net Flux within the Atmosphere of the Earth (INFLAME) instruments presently in development. Both of these sensors provide measurements of the Earth's radiation balance presently not available in any other sensors. ESTO is also investing in detector technologies for future Earth science missions through the Far-Infrared Detector Technology Advancement Partnership (FIDTAP), a joint effort concurrently supported by NASA Langley and DRS Technologies, Inc. These sensors and technologies will position NASA to implement missions spelled out in the recent National Research Council's Decadal Survey for Earth Sciences.
DE: 0360 Radiation: transmission and scattering
DE: 1610 Atmosphere (0315, 0325)
DE: 1640 Remote sensing (1855)
DE: 1694 Instruments and techniques
SC: Earth and Space Science Informatics [IN]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting