Lidar detected spike returns

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hooper, William P ^a   Frick, Glendon M ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

insect; large aerosols; lider; near infrared; spike returns; ultra large aerosols

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BACKSCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; INFRARED DEVICES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

BACKSCATTER SIGNALS; BACKSCATTERING CROSS SECTION; INSECT; LIDAR EQUATIONS; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; LIDER; NEAR INFRARED; SPIKE RETURNS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 80155123499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3507091     Document Type: Article

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