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SUMMARY:EESS Special Event talk on "NASA Sensors and Instrumentation for S
 pace-based Remote Sensing Applications"
DTSTART:20170829T140000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Dr Upendra SINGH\, NASA Technical Fellow Sensors/Instrumentati
 on. NASA Engineering and Safety Center\, NASA Langley Research Center\, US
 A\n\nShort biography:\nDr. Upendra N. Singh\, NASA Technical Fellow for Se
 nsors and Instrumentation at the NASA Engineering and Safety Center\, NASA
  Langley Research Center is an internationally recognized atmospheric scie
 ntist and laser remote sensing expert with 30 years’ experience.  Dr. S
 ingh served as the Principal Investigator of the $70 M multi-Center NASA L
 aser Risk Reduction Program (LRRP)\, which he envisioned\, formulated and 
 implemented during 2002-2010. His LRRP program has led the way to a signif
 icant reduction in risk for lasers in space for global remote sensing usin
 g lidars. He is currently serving as Principal Investigator of two Earth S
 cience Technology Office funded programs to enable space-based measurement
 s of Carbon Dioxide and 3-D Winds. Dr. Singh has received numerous awards 
 and honors\, including the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal (2016\, 2001)
  for “Outstanding leadership in resolving laser/lidar technical challeng
 es and forging international space agency alliances”\; NASA Langley’s 
 H.J.E. Reid Award (2005) for co-authoring an outstanding paper and NASA’
 s Exceptional Service Medal (2006). In last two decades\, Dr. Singh has or
 ganized 35 international symposia/conferences and has authored/co-authored
  over 350 scientific articles in atmospheric sciences and remote sensing a
 rea.\nAbstract:\nNASA is at fore-front in developing lidar technologies an
 d unique active/passive remote sensing capabilities towards space-based ob
 servations for understanding the complexities and interactions among Earth
  system components. The world is facing significant environmental challeng
 es and a robust\, integrated\, and flexible system of observations and mod
 els are needed for understanding the short-and long term impact on the Ear
 th system. A fundamental challenge for the coming decade is to ensure that
  space-based observations\, analyses\, better interpretive understanding\,
  enhanced predictive models\, broadened international community participat
 ion\, and improved means for information assimilation and disseminations a
 re well coordinated to realize the full economic\, societal\, and security
  benefit of Earth science.\n \nThis presentation will provide an overview
  of enabling lidar technologies and techniques from ground and space towar
 ds NASA’s future vision for Earth science missions for global observatio
 ns\, and the challenges associated in applying them for societal benefit.\
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