The Multi-functional Fiber Laser Lidar (MFLL) is an airborne lidar system used to measure atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). It includes a multi-frequency, single-beam Laser Absorption Spectrometer (LAS) and a Pseudo-random Noise (PN) altimeter. The LAS operates at 1571 nm to determine the CO2 column amount, while the PN altimeter operates at 1596 nm to measure the distance from the aircraft to the scattering surface and/or cloud top. MFLL typically has a temporal resolution of 10 Hz and a spatial resolution of 1 meter at an altitude of 500 meters.
Instrument Details
- Lidar
- Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry > Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds > Carbon DioxideEarth Science > Spectral/engineering > Lidar > Lidar Backscatter
- Full Column Profile, Troposphere
- 10 Hz
- 1 m
- 191 THz, 188 THz
- Currently unavailble
Jeremy Dobler
Jeremy Dobler
L3Harris, ITT
NASA ESTO IIP
Currently unavailable
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