Performance of maximum likelihood estimators of mean power and doppler velocity with a priori knowledge of spectral width

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 11 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1702-1709

  Frehlich, Rod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER LIDAR; DOPPLER RADAR; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0033509359     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<1702:pomleo>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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