Optical Extinction Predictions from Measurements on the Open Sea.

Abstract

From aerosol measurements made aboard a ship in the open sea, we calculated extinction coefficients at several optical wavelengths, using the size distribution and Mie theory. We made the measurements at points along a path from the coast of Virginia to Rota, Spain, then into the Mediterranean to Greece. Most of the measurements were made under moderate to high visibility conditions, but fog was encountered once. The measurements are limited by ship influences. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 19, 1979
Accession Number
ADA066898

Entities

People

  • G. L. Trusty
  • T. H. Cosden

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Temperature
  • Atmospheres
  • Calibration
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Humidity
  • Marine Atmospheres
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Instruments
  • Mie Scattering
  • Military Research
  • Mobile Laboratories
  • Particle Counters
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Scattering

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Oceanography.