Performance validation and error analysis for a direct detection molecular Doppler lidar

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4893, Issue , 2003, Pages 287-294

  Gentry, Bruce M ^a   Chen, Huailin ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Science System and Applications Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler lidar; Double edge technique; Fabry Perot etalon; Tropospheric wind

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; ERROR ANALYSIS; LASERS; MOLECULES; PHOTONS; SIGNAL DETECTION; ALGORITHMS; BACKSCATTERING; DATA ACQUISITION; SAMPLING; SHOT NOISE; STATISTICAL METHODS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

DOPPLER LIDAR; PHOTON COUNTING DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0041668156     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.466526     Document Type: Conference Paper

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