Wind measurement accuracy of the noaa pulsed infrared doppler lidar

Applied Optics

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 1984, Pages 2503-2506

  Hall, Freeman F ^a   Huffaker, R Milton ^a   Hardesty, R Michael ^a   Jackson, M E ^a   Lawrence, T Rhidian ^a   Post, Madison J ^a   Richter, R A ^a   Weber, B F ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; RADAR, OPTICAL - INFRARED RADIATION;

DOPPLER LIDAR; LASER INFRARED RADAR (LIDAR); WIND FIELDS; WIND MEASUREMENT ACCURACY;

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0021479419     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.23.002503     Document Type: Article

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