Vertical atmospheric variability measured above water during the FESTER experiment: First results
conference paper
The First European South African Experiment (FESTER) was conducted over about a 10 month period at the Institute of Maritime Technology (IMT) in False Bay, South Africa. One of the important goals was to validate atmospheric refraction and turbulence models. To achieve this goal it was required to measure the vertical profile of meteorological parameters and compare this to model predictions. A special helium kite balloon (Helikite) was used as lifting device for weather and temperature sensors to obtain a measured vertical air profile. This measurement was conducted in the middle of the atmospheric path for the principal electro-optic transmission link monitoring equipment (i.e. scintillometer and multi-spectral radiometer-transmissometer system). First results will focus on the vertical air temperature profile shape as function of general environmental conditions and the comparison to model predictions. © 2016 SPIE.
The Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
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Topics
electro-optical transmissionField trialinitial model validationvertical air temperature profileAdaptive opticsAdaptive systemsAtmospheric temperatureMeteorological instrumentsTemperature controlTurbulence modelsAir temperatureAtmospheric refractionsAtmospheric variabilityEnvironmental conditionsField trialMeteorological parametersModel validationMonitoring equipmentLight transmission
TNO Identifier
745591
ISSN
0277786X
ISBN
9781510604087
Publisher
SPIE
Article nr.
100020B
Source title
Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems XIX. 28 September 2016 through 29 September 2016
Editor(s)
Gonglewski, J.D.
Stein, K.U.
Stein, K.U.
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