Measurements of aircraft wake vortices at memphis international airport with a cw CO2 coherent laser radar

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2737, Issue , 1996, Pages 122-133

  Heinrichs, Richard M ^a   Dasey, Timothy J ^a   Matthews, Michael P ^a   Campbell, Steven D ^a   Freehart, Robert E ^a   Perras, Glenn H ^a   Salamitou, Philippe ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; AIRPORTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; CONTROL TOWERS; NASA; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; WAKES;

AIRCRAFT WAKE VORTICES; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; COHERENT LASER RADAR; DECAY MEASUREMENTS; MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; METEOROLOGICAL SENSORS; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; VORTEX MEASUREMENTS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84983136412     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.241060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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