Polarization lidar measurements of honey bees in flight for locating land mines

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 5853-5863

  Shaw, Joseph A ^a   Seldomridge, Nathan L ^a   Dunkle, Dustin L ^a   Nugent, Paul W ^a   Spangler, Lee H ^a   Bromenshenk, Jerry J ^b   Henderson, Colin B ^b   Churnside, James H ^c   Wilson, James J ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MINES; ODORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VISUALIZATION;

HONEY BEES; LAND MINES; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; ODOR DETECTION;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 23744459279     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.005853     Document Type: Article

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