title: Coherent power measurement uncertainty resulting from atmospheric turbulence.
abstract: The simulation of beam propagation is used to examine the uncertainty inherent to the process of optical power measurement with a practical heterodyne lidar because of the presence of refractive turbulence. The approach has made possible the foremost study of the statistics of the coherent return fluctuations in the turbulent atmosphere for which there is no existing theory to be considered.
authors.forename: Aniceto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belmonte