Diode laser transmitter for water vapor DIAL measurements

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1947-1950

  Repasky, Kevin S ^a   Shaw, Joseph A ^a   Carlsten, John L ^a   Obland, Michael D ^a   Meng, Lei S ^a   Hoffman, David S ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DIAL; Diode Lasers; Laser Transmitter; LIDAR; Optical Amplifiers

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDAR (DIAL); EXTERNAL CAVITY DIODE LASER (ECDL); LASER TRANSMITTERS; WATER VAPOR;

INFRARED RADIATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TELESCOPES; TRANSMITTERS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 15944420286     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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