© 2008 Noblis, Inc. Planning for DWL Airborne Demonstration - Discussion Ken Miller Lidar Working Group Monterey CA February 7, 2008

2 Topics Discuss airborne mission possibilities –Capabilities needing demonstration –Approximate schedule –Campaign opportunities

3 Airborne Objectives Advance instrument TRLs –Performance and functionality –Robustness and reliability Demonstrate technology for space mission –DD & Coherent subsystems and components –Hybrid DWL data Down-looking High altitudes Validate atmosphere and instrument models Signal processing

4 Airborne Objectives 2 Demonstrate technology –Optics Separate for Coherent and Direct Detection HOE for Direct Detection –Scanners (Step-stare, not multiple fixed apertures) Calibration and Validation –Cross-validation of DD & Coherent –Other instruments and models Overfly ground instruments Underfly satellites

5 Airborne Objectives 3 Science Campaigns –Hurricane Genesis Mission 2010 –Forecast impacts –Hurricane studies Future Operational Use: hurricanes, winter storms?

6 Status Recent NASA planning decisions –Provides some direction –Includes WB-57 flights for TWiLiTE DC-8 hybrid shirtsleeves flight Funded –TWiLiTE DC-8 accommodation, flight test? –DAWN DC-8 readiness, flight test?

7 Status 2 Planned – Hybrid DC-8 –Engineering flights –Hurricane Genesis Mission 2010 Beyond current planning –WB-57 TWiLiTE campaigns –DC-8 hybrid other than Hurricane Genesis –WB-57 autonomous hybrid capability and high altitude flights –UAV flight

8 Roadmap to Operational DWL on Nex-Gen NPOESS ESA ADM (2009) Single LOS global wind measurements GWOS (2016) Demo 3-D global wind measurements Operational 3-D global wind measurements Nex-Gen NPOESS (2026) DWL Airborne Campaigns, ADM Simulator, etc. TODWL & Airborne Demo ( ) TWiLiTE WB-57 Summer 09 Shirtsleeves Hybrid DC-8 Hurricane Mission Summer 10 Autonomous Hybrid, WB ? ADM DD & Coh Winter 08

9 NASA Chart

10 Direct Detection Solo InstrumentTWiLiTE (GSFC) Holographic (HOE) optics Autonomous operation AircraftWB-57 High altitude for Direct Detection demo Not environmentally controlled Flight Test CompleteMay 2009 Science CapabilitySummer 09 CampaignsCAMEX 6, July – Sep 09 No T-PARC & WSR 09 (Jan – Mar 09)? (Note: Emmitt & DLR in TPARC -08)

11 Hybrid Shirtsleeves DC-8 InstrumentDAWN Shirtsleeves Operation TWiLiTE Autonomous? OpticsSeparate Step / stare scanners Science CapabilitySummer 2010 CampaignsHurricane Genesis Summer 2010

12 Hybrid Autonomous WB-57 InstrumentDAWN Automous TWiLiTE Autonomous AircraftWB-57 OpticsSeparate Step / stare scanners Science Capability2012 Campaignstbd

13 Variations Sources of funding for measurement campaigns UAV – Global Hawk Joint flights with other lidars

14 Airborne Shared Optics Unlikely Aircraft –Not needed? –Would limit flexibility Shared optics in GWOS Space demonstration

15 Preliminary Time Line TWiLiTE Solo Test Flights WB-57 Flights UAV Hybrid Shirtsleeves, Hurricane Mission, DC-8 Autonomous WB-57 CAMEX 6 Hurricane Genesis Mission