CARBON DIOXIDE LASER RADAR FOR MONITORING ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMITTANCE AND THE ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL (REMOTE SENSING, INFRARED).

An incoherent CO₂ laser radar, or lidar, system using a tunable CO₂ TEA laser has been developed, along with analytical techniques to permit the determination of atmospheric transmittance and aerosol backscatter from multi-angle lidar returns. This work has been motivated by the need for a more comp...

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Main Author: WINKER, DAVID MICHAEL.
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 1984
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187783