Remote sensing of propane and methane by means of a differential absorption lidar by topographic reflection

Optical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1105-1111

  Prasad, Narasimha S ^a,b,c,d,e   Geiger, Allen R ^b,e,f,g,h  

^a SPIE ^*

^b PetroLaser Inc   (United States)

^c BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^e NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Synetics Systems Inc   (United States)

^g White Sands Missile Range   (United States)

^h PetroLaser/LaSen Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential absorption lidar; Lidar; Methane sensing; Optical parametric oscillators; Petroleum exploration; Pipeline monitoring; Propane sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000100030     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.600599     Document Type: Article

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