THE ACTIVE SENSING OF CO2 EMISSIONS OVER NIGHTS, DAYS, AND SEASONS (ASCENDS) LASER SOUNDER MISSION CONSISTS…
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Award details
- Award ID
- NNL09AC62T
- Contractor
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Sub-agency / office
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Award amount
- $0
- Period of performance
- Jun 3, 2009 – Jun 2, 2011
- NAICS
- 541712 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- PSC
- PSC AR11
- Place of performance
- VA
- Parent award
- NNL08AA00B
Public award description
THE ACTIVE SENSING OF CO2 EMISSIONS OVER NIGHTS, DAYS, AND SEASONS (ASCENDS) LASER SOUNDER MISSION CONSISTS OF SIMULTANEOUS LASER REMOTE SENSING OF CO2, CO AND O2 ON A GLOBAL SCALE USING A SATELLITE PLATFORM IN EARTH ORBIT. THE MISSION WILL RESULT IN THE FIRST GLOBAL COLUMN MEASUREMENT OF CO2 THAT WILL AIM TO DETERMINE THE LAND AND OCEAN SOURCES AND SINKS OF CO2. IN A 2007 REPORT ENTITLED EARTH SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS FROM SPACE: NATIONAL IMPERATIVES FOR THE NEXT DECADE AND BEYOND , THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (NRC) SUPPORTED A MISSION LAUNCH DATE FOR ASCENDS IN THE 2013 TO 2016 TIMEFRAME.
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