Sounding the Stratospheric and Mesospheric Dust Layers with Laser Pulses,

Abstract

The technical limitations of the determination of the vertical turbidity factor of the upper layers optically by the measurement of the degree of backscattering of a beam generated by a ground-based laser are examined. In these computations the energy of the signals backscattered from different heights is calculated for a model atmosphere.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 27, 1968
Accession Number
AD0857499

Entities

People

  • G. Diepze
  • H. Seidel

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Backscattering
  • Computations
  • East Germany
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Germany
  • Ground Based
  • Laser Pulses
  • Measurement
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Optical Properties
  • Turbidity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Space