Visibility in the Atmosphere

Abstract

The author gives a description of present-day ways of determining visibility through the atmosphere. He explains how atmospheric transmissivity, the visibility of actual objects, and the range of visibility on landing an aircraft are measured. He emphasizes particularly the methods for determining the level of visibility. In a number of cases he concludes that problems which he regards as being important have not yet been satisfactorily solved.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 28, 1971
Accession Number
AD0719502

Entities

People

  • V. A. Gavrilov

Organizations

  • United States Army Foreign Science and Technology Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aircrafts
  • Cloud Cover
  • Construction
  • Detectors
  • Geography
  • Jet Aircraft
  • Light Sources
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Navigation
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Scattering
  • Signal Lights
  • Two Dimensional
  • Weather Stations

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Theoretical Analysis.