EFFECTIVENESS STUDY OF REFLECTIVE CLOUDS

Abstract

The report describes a study undertaken to provide quantitative data from which first-order estimates of the reflective power of chemically induced clouds could be made and to provide the means of making first-order estimates related to weapons effects in general. A computer program was developed that uses data consisting of the spectral distribution of the incident energy, the composition of the scatterer, and the size distribution of the scatterer to compute volumetric scattering intensity. Incorporated within the program is a plotting option by which the data may be portrayed graphically. This program is described, as is the application of radiant energy to fire spread, history of this study, and the history of the Mie problem.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 28, 1967
Accession Number
AD0650509

Entities

People

  • R. E. Hess

Organizations

  • Battelle Memorial Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Geometry
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Plotting
  • Radiation
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering
  • Scattering Cross Sections
  • Security
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Radar Systems Engineering.