Michael J. Kavaya

Langley Research Center — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

23h-index2.6kcitations191works1.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics(72), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds(71), Laser Design and Applications(49), Solid State Laser Technologies(45), Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies(40)

Publications191 total

AWP: NASA’s Aerosol Wind Profiler Coherent Doppler Wind Lidar
Springer aerospace technology·2024· 1 cited
Overview of NASA’s Convective Processes Experiment – Cabo Verde (CPEX-CV) in the East Atlantic in September 2022 and Collaboration with the Joint Aeolus Tropical Atlantic Campaign (JATAC)
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Convective Processes Experiment – Aerosol and Winds (CPEX-AW): Virtual and Field Campaigns
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Coherent Lidar for Airborne Wind Measurements with High-Percentage Tropospheric Coverage
Optica Advanced Photonics Congress 2022·2022
Airborne lidar observations of wind, water vapor, and aerosol profiles during the NASA Aeolus calibration and validation (Cal/Val) test flight campaign
Atmospheric measurement techniques·2021· 87 citedOpen Access
Airborne Lidar Observations of Wind, Water Vapor, and Aerosol Profiles During The NASA Aeolus Cal/Val Test Flight Campaign
2020· 6 citedOpen Access
Polar Winds: Airborne Doppler Wind Lidar Missions in the Arctic for Atmospheric Observations and Numerical Model Comparisons
Atmosphere·2020· 4 citedOpen Access
Doppler Aerosol WiNd (DAWN) Lidar during CPEX 2017: Instrument Performance and Data Utility
Remote Sensing·2020· 11 citedOpen Access
From DAWN to Space: Potential space-based ABL wind measurements and derived parameters from a space-based coherent Doppler Wind Lidar
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts·2019
Coherent Doppler Wind Lidar Data Processing Software and Wind Retrieval from the Aeolus Cal/Val Field Campaign
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts·2019· 2 cited
Efficient Ho:LuLiF MOPA Laser Transmitter with Tailored Pulse Width and Output Energy for Space-Based Coherent Wind Lidar
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics·2019
Efficient Ho:LuLiF MOPA Laser Transmitter with Tailored Pulse Width and Output Energy for Space-Based Coherent Wind Lidar
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics·2019· 1 cited
Airborne direct-detection and coherent wind lidar measurements over the North Atlantic in 2015 supporting ESA’s aeolus mission
EPJ Web of Conferences·2018· 6 citedOpen Access
High-energy, 2µm laser transmitter for coherent wind LIDAR
2017Open Access
Integrating a Doppler wind lidar into a network of wind observing systems: Capitalizing on synergisms with a high precision, cloud scene penetrating lidar
2017· 1 cited
Airborne direct-detection and coherent wind lidar measurements over the North Atlantic Region during the WindVal campaign in 2015 supporting ESAs Aeolus mission
elib (German Aerospace Center)·2017Open Access
Airborne wind lidar observations in the North Atlantic for preparation of the ADM-Aeolus validation.
elib (German Aerospace Center)·2016· 2 citedOpen Access
Mars Atmospheric Characterization Using Advanced 2-Micron Orbiting Lidar
NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA)·2015
Development of a Space-Qualifiable, Conductively-Cooled 2-Micron Coherent Lidar Transmitter for Global Wind Measurements
2015
Advances in High Energy Solid-State Pulsed 2-Micron Lidar Development for Ground and Airborne Wind, Water Vapor and CO2 Measurements
EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts·2015
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