Tactical Visibility Meter.

Abstract

Accurate and timely visibility information is required by the Air Weather Service in support of Air Force tactical bare-base operations. The Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (AGGL) undertook a program to develop a tactical visibility meter (TVM) to satisfy this requirement. A prototype meter was designed and fabricated by Wright & Wright, Inc., Oak Bluffs, Mass. The meter measures the atmospheric scattering coefficient in the forward direction. Visibility is inferred from the measurement. The operation of the prototype meter was successfully demonstrated by AFGL in tests conducted at its Weather Test Facility, Otis AFB, Mass. In the next phase of the development, Wright & Wright, Inc., was tasked to design and fabricate a cost-effective preproduction version of the TVM. This report describes the current development, test, and evaluation of the TVM.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 24, 1983
Accession Number
ADA141286

Entities

People

  • E. Y. Moroz
  • L. P. Jacobs

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Bare Bases
  • Coefficients
  • Contracts
  • Data Sets
  • Fabrication
  • Geophysics
  • Landing Fields
  • Measurement
  • Models
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Prototypes
  • Scattering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Test Methods
  • Visibility

Readers

  • Aerospace Research.
  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Bayesian Inference
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy