Total Transmission of the Atmosphere in the Near-Infrared

Abstract

By combining the results of two reports already in existence, the atmospheric transmission of near-infrared black-body radiation has been calculated as a function of water vapor and carbon dioxide concentration, visibility, path length, and blackbody source temperature. No new experimental data are presented. The results are presented in two forms: 1) curves from which the transmission of all the radiation between 0.7 and 12 microns can be read as a function of any given set of atmospheric conditions and blackbody source temperature (up to 6000 deg K) and 2) tables from which curves of the above nature can be manufactured for any desired wavelength region within the limits of 0.7 and 12 microns.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 10, 1951
Accession Number
AD1215983

Entities

People

  • Harold Yates

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Absorption Spectra
  • Abstracts
  • Atmospheres
  • Blackbody Radiation
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Experimental Data
  • Infrared Radiation
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Radiation
  • Scattering
  • Sea Level
  • Spectra
  • Vapors
  • Visible Spectra
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Regression Analysis.