Accession Number:
ADA281014
Title:
Using Lidar Tomography to Characterize Scattering in a Turbulent Media
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Corporate Author:
NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
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Report Date:
1994-03-28
Pagination or Media Count:
14.0
Abstract:
A tomographic method for objectively determining extinction and backscatter using a single, scanning wavelength lidar is outlined. In the theoretical analysis, the scattering media is observed from different directions by a lidar which is either moved or observed the structures as they drift past the lidar. A matrix equation is developed and tested by randomly selecting extinction and backscatter values on a 5 by 5 grid. Measurement and turbulence induced errors are modeled and the measurement accuracies are assessed. Results for the theoretical calculations suggest that the method would provide accurate results for a scanning airborne lidar, but not from a scanning systems that does not move.
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Subject Categories:
- Optical Detection and Detectors
- Active and Passive Radar Detection and Equipment