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Hyperspectral Image Projector (HIP)
Last Updated Date: 04/10/2013 Detecting climate change with remote sensing instruments, providing state-of-the-art surveillance imagery for security and defense, or getting the … more
Carbon Mitigation
Last Updated Date: 03/15/2013 The goal of this project is to identify and develop standards and measurement methods currently needed by the energy industry to enable the … more
Fiber Sources and Applications
Last Updated Date: 02/21/2013 Optical frequency combs convert a laser source containing a single frequency of light into pulses that include thousands of frequencies. This … more
Synchrotron Radiation-Based Calibrations for Space Weather Prediction
Last Updated Date: 11/19/2012 Orbital ultraviolet and extreme-ultraviolet spectrometers are calibrated on beamline 2, taking advantage of the calculability of synchrotron … more
STARR II
Last Updated Date: 11/14/2012 STARR II is a facility for measuring reflectance and scattering of materials in the ultraviolet to short-wave infrared wavelength range (230 nm to … more
Global Warming and Greenhouse Gases
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 The Gas Metrology Group has undertaken a major climate change program that involves collaborations with key stakeholders in the United … more
Carbon Mitigation Measurements
Last Updated Date: 10/04/2012 The global environmental problems caused by emission of CO 2 (global warming, rising sea levels and increased acidity of oceans) must be abated. … more
The NIST Standard Reference Photometer for Ozone Measurement Traceability
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 The NIST Standard Reference Photometer (SRP), developed jointly with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), has provided an … more
Applied spectroradiometry and imaging metrology
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Spectroradiometers are widely used for acquiring colorimetric, photometric, and radiometric quantities with a single measurement for a variety of … more
Assessing the Internal Structure and Composition of Climatically-Relevant Atmospheric Particles
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Atmospheric particles with long atmospheric lifetimes affect Earth's radiative balance. These particles typically consist of multiple chemical … more
Spectroscopic Measurements of Atmospheric Gases for Monitoring Greenhouse Gases
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 Climate scientists are developing a new generation of spectrometers for the NASA-sponsored inventory of atmospheric greenhouse gases, most notably … more
Measurements and Standards to Support Global Climate Change Studies
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 Much of the world's assessment and critical evaluation of currently available data on contributions to climate change comes from the … more
Aperture area measurements
Last Updated Date: 11/03/2011 Radiometric and photometric measurements require defining apertures. The accuracy to which these measurements can be accomplished requires … more
Fundamental Guided Wave Metrology
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2010 Radio-frequency (RF) waves and microwaves are involved with almost every facet of everyday life. Radio stations, television, wireless devices, … more
Field Parameter Metrology
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2010 Consider the consequences if nearby electronics could interfere with a jet's instruments or cause an automobile to stall. The Field Parameter … more |
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