Progress toward a water-vapor differential absorption lidar (DIAL) using a widely tunable amplified diode laser source

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5887, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-11

  Obland, Michael D ^a   Meng, Lei S ^a   Repasky, Kevin S ^a,b   Shaw, Joseph A ^b   Carlsten, John L ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Montana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

DIAL; Differential absorption lidar; Diode lasers; Lidar; Remote sensing; Tunable; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

DIAL; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDAR; TUNABLE; WATER VAPOR;

AMPLIFICATION; FIBER OPTICS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; REMOTE SENSING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 29244456122     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.617823     Document Type: Conference Paper

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