Measurements of wind velocity and direction with coherent Doppler lidar in conditions of a weak echo signal

Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 381-388

  Banakh, V A ^a   Brewer, A ^b   Pichugina, E L ^b   Smalikho, I N ^a  

^a V E ZUEV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS   (Russian Federation)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84870737692     PISSN: 10248560     EISSN: 20700393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1024856010050076     Document Type: Article

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