title: Note: statistical errors estimation for Thomson scattering diagnostics.
abstract: A practical way of estimating statistical errors of a Thomson scattering             diagnostic measuring plasma electron temperature and density is described. Analytically             derived expressions are successfully tested with Monte Carlo simulations and implemented             in an automatic data processing code of the JET LIDAR diagnostic.
authors.affiliation: EURATOM-CCFE Fusion Association, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 3DB, United Kingdom. mikhail.maslov@ccfe.ac.uk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maslov
authors.forename: M N A
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Beurskens
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flanagan
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authors.lastname: Kempenaars