Publications

Lentz, W. J. (2002). Inexpensive High Rate Photon Counting for Lidar. 21st International Laser Radar Conference.

Lentz, W. J. (1986). CLOUD DETECTION BY LIDAR EXTINCTION CALCULATIONS. In NASA Conference Publication (pp. 248–250).

E.M Measure, J.D. Lindberg, W. J. Lentz. (1983). The Use of Lidar as a Quantitative Remote Sensor of Aerosol Extinction. Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory (ASL), TR-0136(August), 1–25.

Eugene S. Barnes, W. J. Lentz. (1986). The Eyesafe Visioceilometer. White Sands Missile Range: Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory (ASL).

Lindberg, J. D., Lentz, W. J., Measure, E. M., & Rubio, R. (1984). Lidar determinations of extinction in stratus clouds. Applied Optics, 23(13), 2172.

Lindberg, J. D., Lentz, W. J., Measure, E. M., & Rubio, R. (1984). LIDAR DETERMINATIONS OF EXTINCTION IN STRATUS CLOUDS. Applied Optics, 23(13), 2172–2177.

Lentz, W. J. (1982). QUANTITATIVE EXTINCTION MEASUREMENTS WITH THE VISIOCEILOMETER. In NASA Conference Publication (pp. 211–212).

Lentz, W. J. (1982). Quantitative extinction measurements with the visioceilometer.

Lentz, W. J. (1982). The Visioceilometer: A Portable Visibility and Cloud Ceiling Height Lidar. Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory (ASL).

Lentz, W. J. (1982). The visioceilometer: a portable visibility and cloud ceiling height lidar.

Lentz, W. J. (1976). Generating Bessel functions in Mie scattering calculations using continued fractions. Applied Optics, 15(3), 668–671.

Lentz, W. J. (1990). Continued fraction calculation of spherical Bessel functions. Computers in Physics, 93943(October 1989), 403–407.

Lentz, W. J. (1976). GENERATING BESSEL FUNCTIONS IN MIE SCATTERING CALCULATIONS USING CONTINUED FRACTIONS. Applied Optics, 15(3), 668–671.

Lentz, W. J. (1973). A New Method of computing spherical Bessel Functions of Complex Argument - with tables. Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory (ASL), AD-767 223, 1–165.

Lentz, W. J. (1982). A Simplification of Lentz's Algorithm. Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory (ASL).

Lentz, W. J. (1984). SIMPLIFIED CONTINUED FRACTION CALCULATION OF SPHERICAL BESSEL FUNCTIONS. Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory (ASL), 22.

Lentz, W. J., Atchley, A. A., & Gaitan, D. F. (1995). Mie scattering from a sonoluminescing air bubble in water. Applied Optics, 34(15), 2648–54.

A.W. Cooper, W.J. Lentz, P.L. Walker, P. M. C. (1994). Infrared polarization measurements of ship signatures and background contrast, 2223(Jun), 300–309.

Cooper, A. W., Lentz, W. J., Baca, M. J., & Bernier, J. D. (1991). Image display and background analysis with the Naval Postgraduate Sch. infrared search and target designation system. In Proceedings of SPIE (Vol. 1486, pp. 47–57).

Cooper, A. W., Lentz, W. J., & Engel, R. C. (1990). Background measurements using the NPS IRST system. In Proceedings of SPIE (Vol. 1311, pp. 253–264).

Cooper, A. W., Lentz, W. J., & Walker, P. L. (1993). INFRARED POLARIZATION SHIP IMAGES AND CONTRAST IN THE MAPTIP EXPERIMENT, 2828.

Cooper, A. W., Milne, E. A., Crittenden, E. C., Walker, P. L., Moore, E., & Lentz, W. J. (1991). Ship signature measurements for tactical decision aid input. SPIE Characterization, Propagation, and Simulation of Sources and Backgrounds, 1486, 37–46.

O.A. Yakimenko, I.I. Kaminer, W.J. Lentz, P. A. G. (2002). Unmanned Aircraft Navigation for Shipboard Landing Using Infrared Vision, 38(4).

Robert B. Bonner, W. J. L. (1979). The Visioceilometer: A Portable Cloud Height and Visibility Indicator. Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory (ASL).

Walker, P. L., Lentz, W. J., & Cooper, A. W. (1995). Atmospheric and sea state dependence of polarized infrared contrast. In Proceedings of SPIE (Vol. 2469, pp. 393–403).

William J. Lentz, James T. Hall, G. B. H. (1972). Extinction of Electromagnetic Energy in the 8–12 µm Atmospheric Window by Particulate Matter. Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, Fort Collins, Colorado AMS, Boston, Mass.

Yakimenko, O. A., Kaminer, I. I., Lentz, W. J., & Ghyzel, P. A. (2001). On shipboard navigation for unmanned air vehicles using infrared vision. In AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit.

Yakimenko, O. A., Kaminer, I. I., Lentz, W. J., & Ghyzel, P. A. (2002). Unmanned aircraft navigation for shipboard landing using infrared vision. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 38(4), 1181–1200.

Yakimenko, O., Kaminer, I., & Lentz, W. (2000). Three point algorithm for attitude and range determination using vision. In Proceedings of the American Control Conference (Vol. 3, pp. 1705–1709).