Time Delay and Pulse Stretching Calculations for Laser Radiation Propagation in Clouds

Abstract

A computer study was conducted to determine the effects of multiple scattering on the time delay and stretching of a laser pulse propagating within a cloudy atmosphere. An effort was made to model the experimental setup and 'cloud conditions that existed during Project CLIPS conducted by Sandia Laboratories on Hawaii Island in the Fall of 1978. The scattering and extinction coefficients and the angular scattering distributions were calculated for several cloud conditions using measured cloud aerosol size distributions furnished by Light scattering, Pulse stretching, Clouds, Mie scattering

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA279683

Entities

People

  • Dave G. Collins

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Coefficients
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Elevation
  • Extinction
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Pulses
  • Measurement
  • Nanosecond Time
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Peak Power
  • Photons
  • Radiation
  • Scattering
  • Weight Reduction

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy