Effects of noise on lidar data inversion with the backward algorithm

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2572-2577

  Comerón, Adolfo ^a   Rocadenbosch, Francesc ^a   López, Miguel Angel ^a   Rodriguez, Alejandro ^a   Munoz, Constantino ^a   García Vizcaíno, David ^a   Sicard, Michaél ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SOUNDING APPARATUS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING SYSTEM; BACKSCATTER-COEFFICIENT RETRIEVAL; KLETT METHOD; LIDAR DATA INVERSION;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 2142697258     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.002572     Document Type: Article

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