Instrumentation for Investigating the Propagation of Infra-Red Radiation over Long Atmospheric Paths.

Abstract

Equipment is described that has been developed to investigate the propagation of infra-red radiation through ground layers of the atmosphere over various broad-band wavelength regions from 1 to 12 micrometers for pathlengths up to 10 km. Propagation studies undertaken to date have included absolute transmission and relative transmission measurements in a terrain environment, and terrestrial scintillation observations. The various errors associated with transmission measurements are discussed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA057189

Entities

People

  • D. R. Cutten

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Communication Equipment
  • Environment
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Micrometers
  • Observation
  • Radiation
  • Scintillation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Geodesy
  • Spectroscopy.
  • Systems Analysis and Design