lidar
lidar
Definition
li·dar (lī′där′)
noun
a meteorological instrument using transmitted and reflected laser light for detecting atmospheric particles, as pollutants, and determining their elevation, concentration, etc.
Etymology: li(ght) + (ra)dar
lidar
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- use: The project's aim is to record the visible archeological features of a 5 x 6 km area around the hills using airborne lidar.
Adjective modifier
- airborne: The project's aim is to record the visible archeological features of a 5 x 6 km area around the hills using airborne lidar.
Modifies a noun
- measurement: SB: LIDAR measurements of S transport across the Atlantic have been published.
- datum: Ground surface models, with or without structures can be produced from lidar data.
- system: I shall also describe briefly the work we are doing to interpret data from flash lidar systems.
- gun: Laser diodes: The strongest laser diode you can buy is the one they put in the lidar gun.
- observation: The lidar observations ( 1 ) were used to determine an air parcel trajectory along clear bands of aerosol.
- signal: The simulated and observed lidar signals were then compared and the assumptions in the microphysical model refined.
Noun used with modifier
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