Aircraft-protection radar for use with atmospheric lidars

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 4937-4945

  Duck, Thomas J ^a   Firanski, Bernard ^a   Lind, Frank D ^b   Sipler, Dwight ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT RADAR EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); INSTRUMENT TESTING; LASER BEAMS; PROTECTION;

AIRCRAFT-PROTECTION RADAR; ATMOSPHERIC LIDAR; ATMOSPHERIC LIDARS; GAIN HORN'S ANTENNA PATTERNS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 24344476322     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.004937     Document Type: Article

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