ADM-Aeolus, the first spaceborne wind lidar

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6409, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Endemann, Martin ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Doppler wind lidar; Meteorological sensor; Spaceborne lidar; Spaceborne sensors

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; NEODYMIUM LASERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORBITS; SENSORS; SPACE RESEARCH; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC LASER DOPPLER LIDAR INSTRUMENT (ALADIN); DOPPLER WIND LIDARS; METEOROLOGICAL SENSOR; SPACEBORNE LIDARS; SPACEBORNE SENSORS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 33846878517     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.697081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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