NASA-LITE: Lidar-In-Space Technology Experiment
Summary
The objective of the NASA LITE program was to demonstrate the measurement capabilities of a lidar system in orbit aboard the space shuttle. The experiment was designed to test the feasibility of space-based lidar systems. To validate the LITE measurements, extensive correlative measurements were made from coincident ground- and aircraft-based sensors. As part of this "air truth" measurement program, SSSF Omega dropsondes were periodically deployed from the NASA P3-B aircraft as it flew underneath the shuttle flight track during selected nighttime orbits over the North and South Atlantic Oceans. The dropsonde profiles will provide valuable in-situ atmospheric data to assist in the analysis of the measurements from both the aircraft and spacecraft lidars.
Data access
Temporal coverage
| Begin Date | 1994-09-02 00:00:00 |
| End Date | 1994-09-19 23:59:59 |
Spatial coverage
Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.
Maximum (North) Latitude:
57.00,
Minimum (South) Latitude:
-56.00
Minimum (West) Longitude:
-58.00,
Maximum (East) Longitude:
7.00
