Whole atmospheric-turbulence profiling with generalized scidar

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 30, 1997, Pages 7898-7905

  Avila, Remy ^a,b   Vernin, Jean ^a   Masciadri, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Atmospheric turbulence; Remote sensing; Scidar

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031580857     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.007898     Document Type: Article

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