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During the past decade, a variety of laser techniques have been proposed and experimentally demonstrated for atmospheric wind speed measurements [1] with a varied degree of success and practical usefulness. In most cases, an investigator proposed a technique of laser velocimetry and/or reported a successful atmospheric wind-speed measurement at a convenient range without discussing the time required for such a measurement or the dependence of the measurement rate on laser power and aerosol condition. Such an investigation, in our view, is incomplete; the lack of theoretical understanding makes the evaluation of system performance obscure and the prediction of the potential usefulness of the laser velocimeter impossible.
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Kelley, R.F., Hsu, L.S., Shimizu, H., She, C.Y. (1983). A Scaling Law for Performance Evaluation of a Laser Time-of-Flight Velocimeter. In: Schulz-DuBois, E.O. (eds) Photon Correlation Techniques in Fluid Mechanics. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 38. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39493-8_17
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