Spectral diversity technique for heterodyne doppler lidar that uses hard target returns

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 376-385

  Drobinski, Philippe ^a   Flamant, Pierre H ^a   Salamitou, Philippe ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

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EID: 0001737451     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.000376     Document Type: Article

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