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Lidar Methods and Tools for Studying the Atmospheric Turbulence at the Institute of Atmospheric Optics

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Main results of works carried out during last five years at the Institute of Atmospheric Optics on the creation of lidar methods and tools for studying atmospheric turbulence are surveyed.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are very grateful to colleagues of the Laboratory of Wave Propagation E.V. Gordeev, V.V. Kuskov, V.V. Reino, A.A. Sukharev, and A.N. Shesternin who took an active part in all the experiments. Finally, these works simply would not be accomplished without the high-caliber team of researchers—without exaggeration, world-class specialists—I.N. Smalikho, I.A. Razenkov, and A.V. Falits.

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Banakh, V.A. Lidar Methods and Tools for Studying the Atmospheric Turbulence at the Institute of Atmospheric Optics. Atmos Ocean Opt 33, 1–9 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856020010042

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