Title
Low Elevation Transmission Measurements at EOPACE Part I: Molecular and Aerosol Effects
Author
TNO Fysisch en Elektronisch Laboratorium
Zeisse, C.
Gathman, S.G.
Jensen, D.R.
Littfin, K.
Moision, B.
Davidson, K.L.
Frederickson, P.A.
de Jong, A.N.
Fritz, P.J.
de Leeuw, G.
Luc Forand, J.
Dion, D.
Contributor
Bissonnette, L.R. (editor)
Dainty, C. (editor)
Publication year
1997
Abstract
An analysis is presented showing the effects of molecules and aerosols on atmospheric transmission data obtained during the Electro-Optical Propagation Assessment in Coastal Environments (EOPACE) campaign carried out in San Diego during March and April, 1996. Mid wave infrared transmission was measured over San Diego Bay along a 14.9 km path and a 7.0 km path at heights less than 4 meters above the water. Simultaneous meteorological measurements were obtained from two buoys placed at the mid-points of each path. An aerosol spectrometer was used to measure the aerosol size distribution over each transmission path. Data were analyzed with MODTRAN and Mie theory. The conclusion of this and the next two papers is that low altitude infrared transmission is a complex phenomenon whose mean value may be controlled either by molecular absorption, aerosol scattering, or refractive focusing, and whose fluctuating value is controlled by scintillation. ©2005 Copyright SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering.
Subject
Aerosol
EOPACE
Extinction
Infrared
Molecule
Refraction
Scintillation
Transmission
Aerosols
Infrared transmission
Light emission
Luminescence
Molecules
Programming theory
Refraction
Scintillation
Aerosol
EOPACE
Extinction
Infrared
Molecule
Transmission
Atmospheric aerosols
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.279018
TNO identifier
95003
Publisher
SPIE, Bellingham, WA.
Source
Proceedings SPIE - Propagation and Imaging through the Atmosphere, 29-31 July 1997, San Diego, CA, 109-122
Series
Proceedings of SPIE
Document type
conference paper