Effect of turbulence-induced correlation on laser remote sensing errors
- 15 June 1981
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 38 (12) , 968-970
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.92238
Abstract
Using a 10.6‐μm dual‐laser differential‐absorption laser remote sensing system, we have measured the short‐ and long‐term temporal correlation of the returns from topographic targets and retroreflectors in order to investigate the effect of atmospheric turbulence on laser remote sensing measurement errors. Our results quantify the improvement obtained through use of a dual‐laser system compared to that of a single‐laser system and are in good agreement with those predicted by a theory which considers the effect of partial temporal correlation on the resultant measurement error.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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