Application of pulsed doppler lidar in the airport terminal area

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5653, Issue , 2005, Pages 186-197

  Hannon, Stephen M ^a   Barr, Keith S ^a   Jacob, Donald K ^a   Phillips, Mark W ^a  

^a Division of Coherent Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Airport; Coherent lidar; Doppler; Turbulence; Wake vortex; Wind sensing; Wind shear

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIDAR; DOPPLER; WAKE VORTEX; WIND SENSING; WIND SHEAR;

AIRPORTS; COHERENT LIGHT; DOPPLER EFFECT; REMOTE SENSING; TURBULENCE; WIND;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 20344402093     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.579037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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