Boundary layer scattering measurements with a charge–coupled device camera lidar

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2647-2652

  Barnes, John E ^a   Parikh, N C ^d   Beck, Robert ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; LASER BEAMS; POLARIZATION;

MOLECULAR SIGNALS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0041381390     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.002647     Document Type: Article

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