Future performance of ground-based and airborne water-vapor differential absorption lidar. II. Simulations of the precision of a near-infrared, high-power system

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 30, 2001, Pages 5321-5336

  Wulfmeyer, Volker ^a,b,c   Walther, Craig ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SPECKLE; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

HIGH-POWER SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0009969843     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.005321     Document Type: Article

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