Measurements of Laser Extinction in Ice Fog for Design of SEV Pilotage System

Abstract

Laser extinction measurements in ice fog were made at wavelengths of 0.6328, 1.15 and 3.39 microns. The ice fog was generated in an environmental chamber whose temperature could be lowered to -43C. Particle sampling was carried out simultaneously with the laser measurements using an impactor. Size distributions were derived from the impactor measurements. These data were used to compute Mie extinction coefficients at the three laser wavelengths. These coefficients were compared with the coefficients derived experimentally. Although some discrepancy exists between theory and experiment, both agree fairly well on the behavior of the extinction coefficient as a function of particle concentration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0750114

Entities

People

  • Allan Delaney
  • Richard Munis

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Cushion Vehicles
  • Coefficients
  • Cold Regions
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Engineering
  • Extinction
  • Fog
  • Ground Effect Machines
  • Ice Fog
  • Laser Beams
  • Measurement
  • Particle Size
  • Particle Spectra
  • Particles
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering
  • Surface Effect Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy