Solar radiation enters the Earth's atmosphere with a portion being scattered by clouds and aerosols.

Processing, archiving and distributing Earth science data
at the NASA Langley Research Center

Glossary

Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X
LAC

Local Area Coverage

Landsat

Land Remote-Sensing Satellite

LaRC

Langley Research Center

LASE

Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment

LIDAR

Light Detection and Ranging Instrument

LITE

Lidar-in-space Technology Experiment

Local Browse

This function will allow you to use the Langley DAAC IMS search system to identify available browse products and display browse images on the IMS or FTP transfer those browse products back to his or her workstation for display at a later time.

LW

Longwave Radiation
Electromagnetic radiation emitted by the Earth, largely in the range from 3 to 50 micrometers.