Research on atmospheric refraction correction algorithm and model for satellite laser range-finding

Guangxue Xuebao/Acta Optica Sinica

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Yuan, Hongwu ^a,b,c   Mei, Haiping ^a   Huang, Yinbo ^a   Rao, Ruizhong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Artillery Academy of PLA   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric correction; Atmospheric refraction; Atomospheric optics; Optical path difference; Ray tracing; Satellite borne laser range finding

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTION; ATOMOSPHERIC OPTICS; OPTICAL PATH DIFFERENCE; SATELLITE-BORNE LASER RANGE-FINDING;

ALGORITHMS; RANGE FINDING; RAY TRACING; REFRACTION; SATELLITES;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 79955974825     PISSN: 02532239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3788/AOS201131.0401004     Document Type: Article

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