Title:
CALASET-NG - Advancing a payload for atmospheric infrared laser absorption spectroscopy
Agreement Number:
19FATORA22
Agreement Value:
$300,000.00
Agreement Date:
Mar 27, 2020 - Mar 31, 2025
Description:
Reliable climate data is crucial for Canadians to understand how our climate is changing. The Canadian Atmospheric Laser Absorption Spectroscopy Experiment Test-bed (CALASET) aims to build a suite of instruments to verify measurements from Earth-observing satellites. It is important to ensure that these space-based instruments are performing well to produce critical climate data.
The CALASET-Next Generation (CALASET-NG) project furthers this development with two main objectives: 1) develop new technologies for measuring gases in the atmosphere and provide a validation and verification capability for current and future satellite missions, and 2) provide concept-to-flight education and training for the students who will become the scientists and engineers needed for future satellite missions.
The project team will design, build and test innovative instrumentation for measuring how atmospheric gas concentrations change with height, and will analyze these data following the instruments' flight on a stratospheric balloon.
Organization:
Canadian Space Agency
Expected Results:
The Research component of the program provides financial support to organizations to conduct space related research and development in priority areas. It will support targeted knowledge development and innovation to sustain and enhance the Canadian capacity to use space to address national needs and priorities in the future.
Location:
Toronto, Ontario, CA M5G 1L5
Reference Number:
003-2020-2021-Q1-04444
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Amendment Date
Feb 9, 2023
Recipient's Legal Name:
Governing Council of the University of Toronto
Program:
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Program Purpose:
This program supports knowledge development and innovation in the CSA's priority areas while increasing the awareness and participation of Canadians in space-related disciplines and activities.
The Research Component aims to support the development of science and technology; foster the continual development of a critical mass of researchers and highly qualified people in Canada; and support information gathering and space-related studies and research pertaining to Canadian Space Agency priorities.