Laser Interrogation of Surface Agents (LISA) for chemical agent reconnaissance

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4722, Issue , 2002, Pages 50-59

  Higdon, N Scott ^a   Chyba, Thomas H ^a   Richter, Dale A ^a   Ponsardin, Patrick L ^a   Armstrong, Wayne T ^a   Lobb, C Ted ^a   Kelly, Brian T ^a   Babnick, Robert D ^a   Sedlacek, Arthur J ^b  

^a ITT Industries   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; OPTICAL RADAR; RAMAN SCATTERING; REMOTE SENSING;

CHEMICAL AGENT RECONNAISANCE; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION; DIFFERENTIAL SCATTERING; ELASTIC BACKSCATTER; LASER INTERROGATION OF SURFACE AGENTS; LASER SENSING;

AGENTS;

EID: 0036385545     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.472262     Document Type: Article

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