Influence of atmospheric turbulence on the uplink propagation in an optical time transfer

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 5969-5975

  Fridelance, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

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OPTICS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031580337     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.005969     Document Type: Article

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