The Problem of the Angular Distribution of Ascending Long-Wave Radiation

Abstract

Measurements were carried out, from on board an aircraft, of the brightness of ascending long-wave radiation in the 3-30 micrometer waveband at different angles alpha over different types of underlying surface. A clear dependence was found in the nature of the angular distribution of this radiation on atmospheric stratification. Changes in the water-vapor content were not observed to play an appreciable role in the mechanism involved, with the angular distribution of the ascending long-wave radiation at different levels of the troposphere basically determined by the vertical temperature profile.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 17, 1972
Accession Number
AD0750945

Entities

People

  • G. P. Sidorenko
  • L. I. Prokoveva
  • Ye P. Barashkova

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Air Temperature
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheres
  • Brightness
  • Caspian Sea
  • Coefficients
  • Computational Science
  • Computations
  • Foreign Technology
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Satellites
  • Observation
  • Radiation
  • Surface Temperature
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Radar Systems Engineering.