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Temporal correlation measurements of pulsed dual CO2 lidar returnsA pulsed dual-laser direct-detection differential-absorption lidar DIAL system, operating near 10.6 microns, is used to measure the temporal correlation and statistical properties of backscattered returns from specular and diffuse topographic targets. Results show that atmospheric-turbulence fluctuations can effectively be frozen for pulse separation times on the order of 1-3 msec or less. The diffuse target returns, however, yielded a much lower correlation than that obtained with the specular targets; this being due to uncorrelated system noise effects and different statistics for the two types of target returns.
Document ID
19810051220
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Menyuk, N.
(Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Killinger, D. K.
(MIT, Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington Mass., United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1981
Publication Information
Publication: Optics Letters
Volume: 6
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Report/Patent Number
ESD-TR-81-238
AD-A105373
Accession Number
81A35624
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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