Simulation of sea surface wave influence on small target detection with airborne laser depth sounding

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2462-2483

  Tulldahl, H Michael ^a   Steinvall, K Ove ^a  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; SOUNDING APPARATUS; SURFACE WAVES; WATER WAVES; WIND;

AIRBORNE LASER; SEA BOTTOM; SEA SURFACE WAVE;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 2142771810     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.002462     Document Type: Article

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