Retrieval of near-surface temperature profiles from passive and active optical measurements

Optical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1586-1602

  Hooper, William P ^a   Nedoluha, Gerald E ^a   Martin, Lee U ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inferior mirage; Lidar; Optimal estimation; Refraction; Temperature profile

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TEMPERATURE;

INFERIOR MIRAGE; OPTICAL MEASUREMENTS; OPTIMAL ESTIMATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0036648632     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1485089     Document Type: Article

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