Atmospheric Scintillation Effects on Electromagnetic Weapons

Abstract

Atmospheric turbulence has been shown to cause measurable effects on the propagation of electromagnetic radiation. These effects are significant at both visible/IR and microwave and millimeter wavelengths even though they vary as f7/6, where f is frequency. The contribution of the humidity structure function CQ 2 makes these effects significant for many applications in most wavebands of interest. In this paper we present results of calculations of the effects of atmospheric turbulence on electromagnetic signals propagated through the turbulent atmosphere with application to the use of an electromagnetic weapon to destroy an enemy sensor.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA505717

Entities

People

  • R. W. Mcmillan

Organizations

  • United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Angle Of Arrival
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Cross Correlation
  • Data Science
  • Information Operations
  • Information Science
  • Kill Probabilities
  • Laser Weapons
  • Millimeter Waves
  • Probability
  • Refractive Index
  • Scintillation
  • Statistics
  • Thermal Blooming
  • Turbulence
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Strategic Security Studies