Optical autocovariance direct detection lidar for simultaneous wind, aerosol, and chemistry profiling from ground, air, and space platforms

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7312, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Grund, Christian J ^a   Howell, James ^a   Pierce, Robert ^a   Stephens, Michelle ^a  

^a BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Atmospheric chemistry; DIAL; Doppler wind lidar; HSRL; OAWL; Optical autocovariance; Raman

Indexed keywords

DIAL; DOPPLER WIND LIDAR; HSRL; OAWL; OPTICAL AUTOCOVARIANCE; RAMAN;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL RADAR; SPACE PLATFORMS; TRANSMITTERS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

EID: 69649098128     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.824204     Document Type: Conference Paper

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