Modeling of direct detection Doppler wind lidar. I. The edge technique

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 27, 1998, Pages 6480-6486

  McKay, Jack A ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001419177     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.006480     Document Type: Article

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