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Record 1 2017-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
CONT

Besides limited experiments demonstrating that the method is feasible, there are up to now only a few reports of regular wind measurements to about 50 km altitude by Rayleigh lidar.

CONT

Based on different kinds of backscattering, the lidar can be accordingly called Rayleigh lidar, Mie lidar, Raman lidar ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
CONT

Le lidar Rayleigh mesure simplement l'intensité de l'onde rétrodiffusée et permet ainsi de tracer une carte de la densité atmosphérique en fonction de l'altitude, et d'en déduire une carte en température de l'atmosphère.

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