Comment on "Theory of the double-edge molecular technique for Doppler lidar wind measurement"

J A McKay

doi:10.1364/ao.39.000993

Comment on "Theory of the double-edge molecular technique for Doppler lidar wind measurement"

Appl Opt. 2000 Feb 20;39(6):993-6. doi: 10.1364/ao.39.000993.

Author

J A McKay¹

Affiliation

¹ Remote Sensor Concepts, LLC, 3200 Nineteenth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20010-1006, USA.

PMID: 18337978
DOI: 10.1364/ao.39.000993

Abstract

A theory of the double-edge technique for lidar measurement of wind speed Doppler shifts was recently presented by Flesia and Korb [Appl. Opt. 38, 432 (1999)]. It is shown here that the technique proposed by Flesia and Korb to achieve equal responsivity to aerosol and Rayleigh backscatter signals was previously conceived and demonstrated by another group.