The Light Scattering Properties of Clouds. Volume 1. Analysis of Experimental Results

Abstract

A series of experimental measurements of the visible light angular scattering profiles of clouds is described. The results for single layer overcast clouds were found to correlate well with standard hemispheric and narrow-angle pyreheliometric transmittances. The resulting expression for the angular scattering profile of an overcast cloud layer is given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 30, 1971
Accession Number
AD0736815

Entities

People

  • R. Douglas Rawcliffe
  • Richard T. Hall

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Atmospheric Attenuation
  • Calibration
  • Cloud Cover
  • Clouds
  • Data Reduction
  • Detectors
  • Experimental Design
  • Instrumentation
  • Light Scattering
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Scattering
  • Solar Radiation
  • Visible Spectra

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.