Effects of ocean waves on airborne lidar imaging

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 3261-3269

  Mc Lean, John W ^a   Freeman, Jonathan D ^a  

^a ARETÉ ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Lidar imaging; Ocean optics; Wave focusing

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; BACKSCATTER; LIDAR; OCEAN WAVE; SUBMERGED OBJECTS; WAVE MOTION;

EID: 0030428672     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.003261     Document Type: Article

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