Horizontal scintillation detection and ranging Cn2(z) estimation

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 3451-3459

  Johnston, Rachel A ^a   Wooder, Nicholas J ^b   Reavell, Frederick C ^a   Bernhardt, Mark ^c   Dainty, Christopher ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Technology Partnership   (United Kingdom)

^c QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; INFRARED RADIATION; LASERS; TURBULENCE;

OPTICAL TURBULENCE;

SCINTILLATION;

EID: 0038718009     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.003451     Document Type: Article

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