Comparison of eye-safe UV and IR lidar for small forest-fire detection

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4542, Issue , 2002, Pages 280-286

  Vilar, Rui ^a   Lavrov, Alexander ^a   Utkin, Andrei ^a   Fernandes, Armando ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiode; Detection; Eye safety; Forest fire; Lidar; Photomultiplier

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; FORESTRY; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES;

OPTICAL RADAR;

FORESTRY; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTODIODES; RADAR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0036395507     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.454207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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