Application of Doppler Michelson imaging to upper atmospheric wind measurement: WINDII and beyond

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 2764-2773

  Shepherd, Gordon G ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 8844258869     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.002764     Document Type: Article

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