Dust Cloud Models: Sensitivity of Calculated Transmittances to Variations in Input Parameters
Abstract
The modeling of the transmission of visible and infrared radiation through artillery-produced dust clouds depends on several quantities, processes, and assumptions which are parameterized either as scaling laws and multiplicative factors or are specified directly as input values. Computer models by their very nature are deterministic, delivering single-valued outputs for specific inputs. In reality the input quantities are themselves not always well-known, and many other parameters are simply best estimates within a range of possible choices. Several parameters from the different phases of dust cloud transmission problems have been varied within appropriate ranges.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA103310
Entities
People
- Melvin G. Heaps
Organizations
- Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory