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SYNGE1 first suggested in 1930 that density measurements could be made of the lower atmosphere by observing the light scattered from the beam of a search-light. Elterman2 in 1950 and onwards has operated the method in New Mexico with many improvements of the techniques. Fiocco and Smullins3 in 1963 substituted a laser beam for the search-light beam and achieved comparable results. The equipment used in the experiments described here was planned in 1962 and erected in Kingston, Jamaica, 18° N., 77° W.
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Fiocco, G., and Smullins, L. D., Nature, 199, 1275 (1963).
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Elterman, L., and Campbell, A. B., J. Atmos. Sci., 21, 457 (1964).
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CLEMESHA, B., KENT, G. & WRIGHT, R. Laser Probing the Lower Atmosphere. Nature 209, 184–185 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209184a0
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