Fe Boltzmann temperature lidar: Design, error analysis, and initial results at the north and south poles

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 4400-4410

  Chu, Xinzhao ^a   Pan, Weilin ^a   Papen, George C ^a   Gardner, Chester S ^a   Gelbwachs, Jerry A ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b The Electronics and Photonics Laboratory of The Aerospace Corporation   (United States)

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EID: 0037143302     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.004400     Document Type: Article

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