19th International Symposium on High-Power Laser Systems and Applications (HPLS&A), İstanbul, Turkey, 10 - 14 September 2012, vol.8677
Since the emergence of laser and henceforth laser remote sensing in the 1960's, lidar (light detecting and ranging) technology has became a significant tool for the detection of various phenomena like wind direction and intensity, atmospheric temperature, urban and rural topography, forest fires, ocean planktonic development, and detection of various constituants such as tropospheric aerosols, stratospheric ozone, trace chemicals and etc.