| Experiments on laser guide stars at Mauna Kea Observatory for adaptive imaging in astronomy LA Thompson, CS Gardner Nature 328 (6127), 229-231, 1987 | 281 | 1987 |
| Impact of random pointing and tracking errors on the design of coherent and incoherent optical intersatellite communication links CC Chen, CS Gardner IEEE transactions on Communications 37 (3), 252-260, 1989 | 247 | 1989 |
| Ranging performance of satellite laser altimeters CS Gardner | 222 | 1992 |
| Lidar studies of the nighttime sodium layer over Urbana, Illinois: 2. Gravity waves CS Gardner, DG Voelz Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 92 (A5), 4673-4694, 1987 | 200 | 1987 |
| Seasonal variability of gravity wave activity and spectra in the mesopause region at Urbana DC Senft, CS Gardner Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 96 (D9), 17229-17264, 1991 | 191 | 1991 |
| Design and performance analysis of adaptive optical telescopes using lasing guide stars CS Gardner, BM Welsh, LA Thompson Proceedings of the IEEE 78 (11), 1721-1743, 1990 | 190 | 1990 |
| Diffusive filtering theory of gravity wave spectra in the atmosphere CS Gardner Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 99 (D10), 20601-20622, 1994 | 187 | 1994 |
| Analytical models for the responses of the mesospheric OH* and Na layers to atmospheric gravity waves GR Swenson, CS Gardner Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 103 (D6), 6271-6294, 1998 | 184 | 1998 |
| Sodium resonance fluorescence lidar applications in atmospheric science and astronomy CS Gardner Proceedings of the IEEE 77 (3), 408-418, 1989 | 173 | 1989 |
| Scientific investigations planned for the Lidar In-space Technology Experiment (LITE) MP McCormick, DM Winker, EV Browell, JA Coakley, CS Gardner, ... Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 74 (2), 205-214, 1993 | 170 | 1993 |
| Two‐frequency lidar technique for mesospheric Na temperature measurements CY She, H Latifi, JR Yu, RJ Alvarez, RE Bills, CS Gardner Geophysical Research Letters 17 (7), 929-932, 1990 | 161 | 1990 |
| Performance analysis of adaptive-optics systems using laser guide stars and sensors BM Welsh, CS Gardner JOSA A 6 (12), 1913-1923, 1989 | 160 | 1989 |
| Lidar studies of the nighttime sodium layer over Urbana, Illinois: 1. Seasonal and nocturnal variations CS Gardner, DG Voelz, CF Sechrist Jr, AC Segal Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 91 (A12), 13659-13673, 1986 | 159 | 1986 |
| Wave breaking signatures in OH airglow and sodium densities and temperatures: 1. Airglow imaging, Na lidar, and MF radar observations JH Hecht, RL Walterscheid, DC Fritts, JR Isler, DC Senft, CS Gardner, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 102 (D6), 6655-6668, 1997 | 144 | 1997 |
| Effects of turbulence-induced anisoplanatism on the imaging performance of adaptive-astronomical telescopes using laser guide stars BM Welsh, CS Gardner JOSA A 8 (1), 69-80, 1991 | 142 | 1991 |
| Target signatures for laser altimeters: an analysis CS Gardner Applied optics 21 (3), 448-453, 1982 | 138 | 1982 |
| Narrowband lidar technique for sodium temperature and Doppler wind observations of the upper atmosphere RE Bills, CS Gardner, CY She Optical Engineering 30 (1), 13-21, 1991 | 136 | 1991 |
| Density response of neutral atmospheric layers to gravity wave perturbations CS Gardner, JD Shelton Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 90 (A2), 1745-1754, 1985 | 135 | 1985 |
| Mesospheric Na layer at 40 N: Modeling and observations JMC Plane, CS Gardner, J Yu, CY She, RR Garcia, HC Pumphrey Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 104 (D3), 3773-3788, 1999 | 129 | 1999 |
| Lidar observations of gravity waves and their spectra near the mesopause and stratopause at Arecibo TJ Beatty, CA Hostetler, CS Gardner Journal of Atmospheric Sciences 49 (6), 477-496, 1992 | 128 | 1992 |
