Title
Vertical atmospheric variability measured above water during the FESTER experiment: First results
Author
Maritz, B.
Koago, M.S.
Wainman, C.K.
Gardener, M.E.
Gunter, W.H.
van Eijk, A.M.J.
Contributor
Gonglewski, J.D. (editor)
Stein, K.U. (editor)
Publication year
2016
Abstract
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)
Subject
2015 Observation, Weapon & Protection Systems
ED - Electronic Defence
TS - Technical Sciences
electro-optical transmission
Field trial
initial model validation
vertical air temperature profile
Adaptive optics
Adaptive systems
Atmospheric temperature
Meteorological instruments
Temperature control
Turbulence models
Air temperature
Atmospheric refractions
Atmospheric variability
Environmental conditions
Field trial
Meteorological parameters
Model validation
Monitoring equipment
Light transmission
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2244532
TNO identifier
745591
Publisher
SPIE
ISBN
9781510604087
ISSN
0277-786X
Source
Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems XIX. 28 September 2016 through 29 September 2016, 10002
Series
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Article number
100020B
Document type
conference paper