Simulation of coherent Doppler lidar performance for space-based platforms

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 245-262

  Frehlich, Rod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER LIDAR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WIND FIELD; WIND MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0034048818     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2000)039<0245:SOCDLP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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