The Visioceilometer: A Portable Visibility and Cloud Ceiling Height Lidar.

Abstract

A hand-held visibility and cloud ceiling height lidar based on the AN/GVS-5 laser rangefinder will be described. This militarized, battery-operated lidar automatically calculates visibility based on the Klett solution of the lidar equation. Visibilities from 10 to 199,999 m and cloud ceiling heights from 50 to 3000 m may be calculated. The measurements from this visioceilometer have been favorably compared to visibilities derived from larger lidars, balloon-borne particle counters, and transmissometers. The entire unit weighs less than 14 lb. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA113650

Entities

People

  • W. J. Lentz

Organizations

  • Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Training
  • Artillery
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Lidar
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Optical Detectors
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy