Analysis of the receiver response in lidar measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 30, 1998, Pages 6999-7007

  Velotta, Raffaele ^a,b   Bartoli, Bruno ^a,b,c   Capobianco, Roberta ^a,d   Fiorani, Luca ^a,e   Spinelli, Nicola ^a,f  

^a INFM   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e CORISTA ^*  (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

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EID: 0001370313     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.006999     Document Type: Article

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