Coherent Doppler lidar signal spectrum with wind turbulence

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 36, 1999, Pages 7456-7466

  Frehlich, Rod ^a,b   Cornman, Larry ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0001325572     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.007456     Document Type: Article

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