Spectral Radiometric Measurement and Analysis Program. Volume 2. Description of the Data Collection Program.
Abstract
This report covers a recently completed contract with the United States Air Force Air Weather Service to conduct research into the transfer of atmospheric energy in the visible and near-infrared portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Its objective was to produce a spectral model of path transmittance, radiance, and ground-level irradiance that could be related to meteorological observations through the use of simultaneous, insitu data collections. The instrumentation package developed under subcontract to Eastman Kodak by the Albuquerque Division of EG and G was used in a 14-month data-collection program. The program had two objectives: (1) To collect spectral radiometric data on the atmosphere and on ground-level surface irradiance under the broadest possible range of climatic/meteorological conditions, and (2) to collect radiometric and meteorological data in such a way that would permit them to be related mathematically. In this field collection portion of the task, data was obtained for 18 different climatic conditions. This volume (2) of the final report describes the design of the data collection program conducted in the field, the ranges of importance experimental parameters, the measurements and supportive observations that were made, and the analytical software developed to perform the statistical analyses on the resulting data.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA072079
Entities
People
- G. Schauss
- Lawrence G. Christensen
- R. Norton
- R. Schoenfeld
- Richard O. Simmons