Infrared cloud imaging in support of earth-space optical communication

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 7862-7872

  Nugent, Paul W ^a   Shaw, Joseph A ^a   Piazzolla, Sabino ^b  

^a Montana State University   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SPACE FLIGHT;

CLOUD DETECTION; CLOUD IMAGING; CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH; COMMUNICATION PLATFORMS; DEEP SPACE MISSIONS; GROUND STATIONS; OBSTRUCTION-FREE; THERMAL INFRARED IMAGER;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 66549124655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.007862     Document Type: Article

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