Meteorological Sensitivity of Lowtran 3B.

Abstract

Mathematical expressions are developed which permit calculations of the meteorological sensitivity of Lowtran 3B, a computer code which can be used to calculate the transmittance of the atmosphere from the ultraviolet to the middle infrared portion of the spectrum. Mathematical relationships are developed which relate the water vapor line, uniformly mixed gases and ozone transmissions directly to the meteorological observables. These relationships are then used in conjunction with the existing expressions for the other atmospheric constituents to determine the meteorological sensitivity of this model. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA053840

Entities

People

  • Ronald R. Gruenzel

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautical Laboratories
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Attenuation
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Coefficients
  • Computers
  • Dew Point
  • Equations
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Measurement
  • Nitrogen
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Reconnaissance
  • Scattering
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Spectroscopy.