Performance capabilities of middle-atmosphere temperature lidars: Comparison of Na, Fe, K, Ca, Ca+, and Rayleigh systems

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 4941-4956

  Gardner, Chester S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ATTENUATION; CALCIUM; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE; LASER PULSES; RESONANCE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DOPPLER SHIFTS; MIDDLE-ATOMSPHERE TEMPERATURE LIDARS; RAYLEIGH SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 4544377099     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.004941     Document Type: Article

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