The Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS): A technology demonstration on the International Space Station

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9612, Issue , 2015, Pages

  McGill, Matthew J ^a   Yorks, John E ^b   Scott, V S ^a   Kupchock, Andrew W ^b   Selmer, Patrick A ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

CATS; Cloud Aerosol Transport System; International Space Station; ISS; JEM EF

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; EARTH (PLANET); ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; NASA; OPTICAL RADAR; SPACE OPTICS; SPACE STATIONS; TRANSPORTATION;

AEROSOL TRANSPORT; CATS; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; JEM-EF; MULTI-WAVELENGTHS; NASA MISSIONS; SCIENCE OBJECTIVES;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84960842254     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2190841     Document Type: Conference Paper

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