lidar

• If the Snakes relied on radar, rather than, say lidar, the laser-based equivalent, I'd be seeing radar pulses from them now. —  AnalogSFF,May2006
• He could read data from lidar, but could neither initiate nor aim ranging pulses T'bck Ra took inventory of his resources. —  AnalogSFF,June2006
• Using lidar (analogous to radar, with pulses of laser light standing in for radio waves), Phoenix picked up signs of snow drifting down from clouds some 2.5 miles (four kilometers) overhead. —  Neatorama
• Taylor explained the team was responsible for design and operation of the meteorological package during the Phoenix mission that included a device called a lidar. —  Mississauga News
• (05 / 14 / 2007) Scientists at the Woods Hole Research Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland have taken a novel approach to studying biological diversity by making use of laser remote sensing (lidar). —  Mongabay.com News

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