Polarization effects on oceanographic lidar

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1196-1207

  Churnside, James H ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOLARIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

ANALYTIC EXPRESSION; LIDAR ATTENUATION; OCEANOGRAPHIC LIDAR; RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATION;

OPTICAL RADAR;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; RIVER; SEA; TELECOMMUNICATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; RADAR; REFRACTOMETRY; RIVERS;

EID: 38549092115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.001196     Document Type: Article

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