Generalized scintillation detection and ranging results obtained by use of a modified inversion technique

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 32, 2002, Pages 6768-6772

  Johnston, Rachel A ^a   Dainty, Christopher ^a   Wooder, Nicholas J ^b   Lane, Richard G ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Technology Partnership   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTODETECTORS; RANGE FINDING; TURBULENCE;

SCINTILLATION DETECTION AND RANGING (SCIDAR);

SCINTILLATION;

EID: 0037058431     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.006768     Document Type: Article

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