"Explore the spectrum of lidar engineering in this one-of-a-kind introduction. This unique, accessible book is the first to feature an up-to-date treatment of all the science and engineering aspects of this multidisciplinary field. Building up from the basics, this book will give you a through grounding in lidar; The topic of this textbook is the engineering of lidars, which are optical atmospheric remote sensing systems based on pulsed lasers"--
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction; 2. The basic lidar models; 3. The molecular atmosphere; 4. Particles in the atmosphere; 5. Lidar transmitters; 6. Lidar receivers and the geometrical function; 7. Optomechanics; 8. Optical detection; 9. Data systems; 10. Lidar data analysis; 11. Applications; Appendix.
