Water vapor micropulse differential absorption lidar

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3707, Issue , 1999, Pages 177-186

  Oh, Choonghoon ^a   Prasad, Coorg R ^a   Fromzel, Victor A ^a   Hwang, In H ^a   Reagan, John A ^b   Fang, Hui ^b   Rubio, Manuel ^b  

^a Science and Engineering Services Inc   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

DIAL; Micro pulse lidar; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); RADAR; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; BEAM DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DIAL; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDARS; MICRO PULSE LIDAR; NEAR-FIELD MEASUREMENT; PHOTON COUNTING DETECTORS; SCATTERED LASER LIGHT;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 84995715583     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.351342     Document Type: Conference Paper

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