Design validation of an eye-safe scanning aerosol lidar with the Center for Lidar and Atmospheric Sciences Students (CLASS) at Hampton University

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4484, Issue , 2002, Pages 8-16

  Richter, Dale A ^a   Higdon, N Scott ^a   Ponsardin, Patrick ^a   Sanchez, David ^a   Chyba, Thomas H ^b   Temple, Doyle A ^b   Gong, Wei ^b   Battle, Russell ^b   Edmondson, Mika ^b   Futrell, Anne ^b   Harper, David ^b   Haughton, Lincoln ^b   Johnson, Demetra ^b   Lewis, Kyle ^b   Payne Baggott, Renee S ^b  

^a ITT Industries   (United States)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eyesafe; Lidar; OPO; Remote sensing; Tropospheric aerosols

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; OPTICAL TESTING; REMOTE SENSING; SCANNING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES; EYE SAFE SCANNING AEROSOL LIDAR; HAMPTON UNIVERSITY; TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0001910383     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.452777     Document Type: Article

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