Laser-induced fluorescence emission (L.I.F.E.): In situ and remote detection of life in Antarctic and Alaskan ice

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7441, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Storrie Lombardi, Michael C ^b   Sattler, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Kinohi Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Antarctica; Arctic; Epifluorescence; Lake untersee; LIDAR; Mars; Schirmacher oasis

Indexed keywords

ALASKA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; EPIFLUORESCENCE; LIDAR; MARS; SCHIRMACHER OASIS;

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ASTROBIOLOGY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; GLACIERS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; LASER EXCITATION; LASERS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OPTICAL RADAR; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; REMOTE SENSING; SURVEYS;

ICE;

EID: 70449462261     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.831288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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