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Application Perspectives of Intense Laser Pulses in Atmospheric Diagnostics

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Since many years lasers have been used in atmospheric diagnostics, especially in remote sensing. In particular the lidar method (described in Chap. 1) has become a powerful technique to monitor atmospheric parameters and has helped to understand a variety of atmospheric phenomena.

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  1. Institute of Laser Medicine, University of Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Peter Hering

  2. Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU), An der Bornau 2, 49090, Osnabrück, Germany

    Jan Peter Lay

  3. Sacher Lasertechnik, Hannah-Arendt-Straße 3-7, 35037, Marburg, Germany

    Sandra Stry

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Zimmer, W., Rodriguez, M., Wöste, L. (2004). Application Perspectives of Intense Laser Pulses in Atmospheric Diagnostics. In: Hering, P., Lay, J.P., Stry, S. (eds) Laser in Environmental and Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08255-3_2

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