Abstract

The value of remote wind sensing systems based on carbon dioxide lasers is well established. Coherent LIDAR systems have been constructed and have successfully measured the depth resolved doppler shift of radiation at 10.6 microns.¹,² The high atmospheric transmissivity and the relatively small loss of coherence due to atmospheric turbulence at the CO₂ wavelength make it unlikely that another wavelength will be chosen for atmospheric reasons alone.

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