Multiwavelength Lidar Study of Fog.

Abstract

A study has been conducted to define quantitatively the range and accuracy of multispectral lidar techniques for remotely sensing the visibility and liquid water content of various types of fogs. The results indicate that the penetration of the lidar pulse into the fog is limited to a few hundred meters due to the severe attenuation of the pulse by the fog. Methods to obtain extinction, backscatter and total liquid water content are also discussed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA086143

Entities

People

  • B. M. Herman
  • R. M. Schotland

Organizations

  • Battelle Memorial Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Background Radiation
  • Backscattering
  • Detectors
  • Distribution Functions
  • Electronics
  • Equations
  • Errors
  • Extinction
  • Laser Pulses
  • Lasers
  • Noise
  • Normal Distribution
  • Optical Properties
  • Photonic Metamaterials
  • Radiation
  • Scattering
  • Signal Processing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Explosive Engineering.