Heterodyne CO2 DIAL and its measurements

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3127, Issue , 1997, Pages 201-211

  Roadcap, John R ^a   Laird, Mitchell H ^a   Murphy, Edmund A ^a   Rall, David L A ^b   Frelin, Ronald ^b   McNicholl, Patrick J ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PhotoMetrics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

DIAL; Heterodyne; Lidar

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERICS; BACKSCATTERING; HETERODYNING; OPTICAL RADAR; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; WATER VAPOR;

ABSORPTION BANDS; DIAL; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION; DIFFERENTIAL-ABSORPTION LIDAR (DIAL); HETERODYNE; IN-SITU; LIDAR; PHILLIPS (CO); PULSE ENERGIES; PULSE RATE; RADIAL VELOCITY (RV); TO MANY; TRANSVERSLY-EXCITED ATMOSPHERIC (TEA) LASER; WIND VELOCITIES;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

EID: 33846267240     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.283908     Document Type: Conference Paper

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