Equivalence of data fusion and simultaneous retrieval

Optics Express

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 8476-8488

  Ceccherini, Simone ^a   Carli, Bruno ^a   Raspollini, Piera ^a  

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

ARITHMETIC MEAN; ERROR ESTIMATES; MEASUREMENTS OF; NUMBER OF DEGREES OF FREEDOM; VERTICAL PROFILE; VERTICAL RESOLUTION; WEIGHTED MEAN;

DATA FUSION;

EID: 84928038499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.008476     Document Type: Article

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