Kim H H
Appl Opt. 1977 Jan 1;16(1):46-56. doi: 10.1364/AO.16.000046.
Laboratory and airborne experiments have proven the feasibility and demonstrated the techniques of an airborne pulsed laser system for rapidly mapping coastal water bathymetry. Water depths of 10 +/- 0.25 m were recorded in waters having an effective attenuation coefficient of 0.175 m(-1). A2-MW peak power Nd:YAG pulsed laser was flown at an altitude of 600 m. An advanced system, incorporating a mirror scanner, a high pulsed rate laser, and a good signal processor, could survey coastal zones at the rate of several square miles per hour.
实验室和机载实验已经证明了机载脉冲激光系统用于快速绘制沿海水深图的可行性，并展示了其技术。在有效衰减系数为0.175 m⁻¹的水域中记录到了10±0.25米的水深。一台峰值功率为2兆瓦的钕:钇铝石榴石脉冲激光在600米的高度飞行。一个先进的系统，包括一个镜面扫描仪、一个高脉冲率激光器和一个良好的信号处理器，可以以每小时数平方英里的速度勘测沿海区域。
