Airborne laser systems for atmospheric sounding in the near infrared

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8439, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sabatini, Roberto ^a   Richardson, Mark A ^a   Jia, Huamin ^a   Zammit Mangion, David ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne lasers; Atmospheric sounding; Carbon dioxide; Green aircraft operations

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CARBON DIOXIDE; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); AIRCRAFT;

1064 NM; 1550 NM; ABOVE GROUND LEVEL; AIRBORNE LASER SYSTEMS; AIRBORNE LASERS; AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CONSTITUENTS; ATMOSPHERIC EXTINCTION; ATMOSPHERIC RETRIEVAL; ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING; DIRECT DETECTION; DIRECT DETERMINATION; FLIGHT TRIALS; GROUND TESTS; INDIRECT MEASUREMENTS; INFRA-RED CAMERAS; INVERSION ALGORITHM; LASER ENERGIES; LASER SOURCES; LASER SYSTEMS; NEAR INFRA RED; PASSIVE INFRARED; REMOTE SENSING MISSIONS; SURFACE VEHICLES; TARGET SURFACE; TORNADO AIRCRAFT; COLUMN DENSITY; NEAR-INFRARED LASERS;

AIRCRAFT; INFRARED DEVICES;

EID: 84861960486     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.915718     Document Type: Conference Paper

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