Report on Airplane Camouflage. Preliminary Report on Reduction of Visibility by Artificial Illumination

Abstract

Measurements were made on winter days at Washington of the brightness of the sky and of Navy gray and white surfaces illuminated by a 4 kilowatt searchlight. From the measurements it is estimated that to make the shadow areas of surfaces of an airplane aloft approach the sky in brightness.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 20, 1936
Accession Number
AD1150174

Entities

People

  • E. O. Hulbert

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Brightness
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Light Sources
  • Measurement
  • Searchlights
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.