Experimental determination of a geometric form factor in a lidar equation for an inhomogeneous atmosphere

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 6009-6010

  Dho, Sang Whoe ^a   Park, Young Je ^a   Kong, Hong Jin ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Geometric form factor; Inhomogeneous atmosphere; Lidar equation; Polynomial regression method

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; LIDAR;

EID: 0001428220     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.006009     Document Type: Article

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