Diffraction-limited lidars: the impact of refractive turbulence
Abstract
The impact of refractive turbulence on monostatic and bistatic lidars is investigated; a phase screen model is used. Experimental verifications are given. For monostatic lidars perturbing lens effects dominate, for bistatic lidars tilt effects dominate. Monostatic systems are the least sensitive to refractive turbulence.
- Publication:
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Applied Optics
- Pub Date:
- August 1984
- DOI:
- 10.1364/AO.23.002492
- Bibcode:
- 1984ApOpt..23.2492L
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Refraction;
- Atmospheric Turbulence;
- Optical Radar;
- Turbulence Effects;
- Wave Diffraction;
- Bistatic Reflectivity;
- Error Analysis;
- Instrument Errors;
- Range Errors;
- Refractivity;
- Remote Sensing;
- Weighting Functions;
- Communications and Radar;
- ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;
- LIDAR;
- TURBULENCE