The SPAce Readiness Coherent Lidar Experiment (SPARCLE) space shuttle mission

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3380, Issue , 1998, Pages 2-11

  Kavaya, Michael J ^a   Emmitt, G David ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent detection; Doppler lidar; Wind velocity

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; OPTICAL RADAR; SPACE SHUTTLES; SPACE SURVEILLANCE; TROPOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

WIND VELOCITY;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0032337906     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.327186     Document Type: Conference Paper

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