Comparison of Low- and High-Resolution Infrared Propagation Measurements in the 3- to 5-Micrometers Atmospheric Window.

Abstract

A field experiment designed to compare the measurement performance of a laser-calibrated, high-resolution spectroscopic system with that of a low-resolution transmissometer/radiometer system has been carried out along a 5-km range. We compared the results of the two measurements by numerically convolving the high-resolution transmission data with the spectral-response characteristics of the transmissometer system. For the limited range of meteorological conditions under which these measurements were made, the standard deviation of the transmittances measured by these two techniques is 0.06. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 09, 1978
Accession Number
ADA062645

Entities

People

  • C. O. Gott
  • D. H. Garcia
  • J. A. Curcio
  • J. A. Dowling
  • K. M. Haught

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Windows
  • Convolution Integrals
  • Corporations
  • High Resolution
  • Lasers
  • Low Resolution
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Night Vision
  • Optical Signatures
  • Radiometers
  • Security
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy
  • Standards
  • Transmissometers
  • Transmittance

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers