Fast approximate calculation of multiply scattered lidar returns

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 5984-5992

  Hogan, Robin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ITERATIVE METHODS; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTONS;

FAST APPROXIMATE CALCULATION; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 33749840278     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.005984     Document Type: Article

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