Optics & Photonics News Magazine
May, 1985 Issue
May, 1985 Issue
Feature Articles
Infrared Backscattering from the Atmosphere: Some Observations
While studying the possibility of measuring vertical wind profiles from space using an infrared lidar (the WINDSAT concept), NOAA became interested in the infrared backscattering properties of the atmosphere and their variability in time, altitude, and geographic location.
by Madison J. PostThe Garden of White-Light Optical Signal Processing
Sample applications of the increasingly interesting white-light optical signal processing and an account of some colorful results.
by Francis T.S. Yu