Intensity-modulated, stepped frequency cw lidar for distributed aerosol and hard target measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 33, 2005, Pages 7210-7217

  Simpson, Marc L ^a   Cheng, Meng Dawn ^a   Dam, Thang Q ^a   Lenox, Katey E ^a   Price, Jeff R ^a   Storey, John M ^a   Wachter, Eric A ^b   Fisher, Walt G ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Gait Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

DISTRIBUTED AEROSOL; INTENSITY MODULATION; SPATIAL SCATTERING;

OPTICAL RADAR;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; LASERS; RADAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 29144446811     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.007210     Document Type: Article

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