Electro-optical propagation assessment in coastal environments (EOPACE): Summary and accomplishments

EOPACE (electro-optical propagation assessment in coastal environments) was a 5-yr multinational and interdisciplinary effort to improve the performance assessment for electro-optical (EO) systems operating in coastal environments. The initial results of the EOPACE program include: (1) the parameterization of the surf-zone generated aerosol-size...

Low Elevation Transmission Measurements at EOPACE Part I: Molecular and Aerosol Effects

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...

Marine Aerosol Properties and Thermal Imager Performance (MAPTIP): Synopsis

The MAPTIP (Marine Aerosol Properties and Thermal Imager Performance) experiment was organised as part of a project to assess atmospheric effects on the performance of electro-optical sensor systems in coastal areas. The main issue was the detection and identification of targets. The experiment took place at the North Sea from 11 October to 5...

Marine aerosol properties and thermal imager performance (MAPTIP): an overview

The MAPTIP (marine aerosol properties and thermal imager performance) experiment was organized as part of a project to assess atmospheric effects on the detection and identification of targets using thermal imagers in coastal areas. The experiment took place at the North Sea from 11 October - 5 November 1993 and was centered around Meetpost...

MAPTIP - Marine Aerosol Properties and Thermal Imager Performance: Summary and initial results

The marine aerosol properties and thermal imager performance trial (MAPTIP) was conducted by NATO AC/243 Panel 04/RSG.8 and 04/RSG.5 in the Dutch coastal waters during the fall of 1993. The main objectives of the trial were (1) to assess marine boundary layer effects on thermal imaging systems and (2) to improve and validate vertical marine...

Summary of the Marine Aerosol Properties and Thermal Imager Performance Trial (MAPTIP)

The Naval Ocean Vertical Aerosol Model: Progress Report

The Naval Oceanic Vertical Aerosol Model (NOVAM) has been formulated to estimate the vertical structure of the optical and infrared extinction coefficients in the marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL). NOVAM was designed to predict the non-uniform and non-logarithmic extinction profiles which are often observed. It is based on a combination...

The naval oceanic vertical aerosol model: progress report

Verification of the Naval Oceanic Vertical Aerosol Model During Fire

The Naval Oceanic Vertical Aerosol Model (NOVAM) has been formulated to estimate the vertical structure of the optical and infrared extinction coefficients in the marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL), for waverengths between 0,2 and 40 um. NOVAM was designed to predict, utilizing a set of routinely available meteorological data, the non...