Initial Measurements of Atmospheric Parameters in a Marine Environment

Abstract

In April 2005, a laser propagation experiment was conducted over a 470m horizontal maritime path. Scintillation measurements of a divergent Gaussian beam wave were taken simultaneously for different receiver aperture sizes. Terrestrial scintillation theory combined with a numerical algorithm was used to infer the atmospheric parameters refractive index structure constant, C(sub n) squared, and inner scale of turbulence, I(sub 0), from the optical maritime scintillation measurements. This paper presents the initial results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA462189

Entities

People

  • Bradley Clare
  • Christopher I. Moore
  • Cynthia Young
  • Frida S. Vetelino
  • Harris Burris
  • Kenneth Grant
  • Kerry Corbett
  • Linda Wasiczko
  • Michele Suite
  • Rita Mahon

Organizations

  • University of Central Florida

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Algorithms
  • Background Noise
  • Background Radiation
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Detectors
  • Diameters
  • Experimental Data
  • Lasers
  • Mathematics
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Optical Lattices
  • Scintillation
  • Simplex Method

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Analytical Mechanics
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Bayesian Inference
  • AI & ML - Machine Learning Algorithms
  • Directed Energy