The effect of spectral time lag correlation coefficient and signal averaging on airborne CO2 DIAL measurements

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3127, Issue , 1997, Pages 224-236

  Ben David, Avishai ^a   Vanderbeek, Richard G ^b   Gotoff, Steven W ^b   D'Amico, Francis M ^b  

^a SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^b US Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation; Dial; Lidar; Signal averaging; Signal to noise

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; GAS ABSORPTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL RADAR; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; VAPORS;

CORRELATION; DIAL; LIDAR; SIGNAL AVERAGING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE;

SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

EID: 0010827966     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.279071     Document Type: Conference Paper

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