Visibility as an Estimator of Infrared Transmittance,

Abstract

To assess the utility of visibility as an indicator of transmittance in the infrared, models depicting haze, fog, smoke, and dust were constructed such that all yielded identical transmittances at 0.55 micrometers (center of the visible spectrum), and transmittances at several infrared wavelengths (due to scattering only) were calculated. Results show that significant errors occur if visibility is relied upon. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA031040

Entities

People

  • G. B. Hoidale
  • Justin Mason

Organizations

  • United States Army Communications-Electronics Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artillery
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Ecology
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Environment
  • Estimators
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Military Research
  • Observation
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Scattering
  • United States
  • Water Vapor
  • Weapons
  • Wind

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation