Use of Atmospheric Refraction to Determine Air Mass and Extinction Coefficients as Well as Temperature and Humidity Profiles in the Marine Boundary Layer

Abstract

Our long term goals are to develop algorithms and techniques to extract as many atmospheric parameters as possible, such as air mass and extinction coefficients as well as temperature and humidity profiles, in the marine boundary layer by comparing both actual and apparent heights shapes and brightness of objects lying close to the horizon. This methodology is presently being tested by using the rising or setting sun/moon as the source, and will later be extended to include artificial sources.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA627978

Entities

People

  • George W. Kattawar

Organizations

  • Texas A&M University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Masses
  • Algorithms
  • Atmospheric Refraction
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Coefficients
  • Computer Programs
  • Extinction
  • Humidity
  • Images
  • Integral Transforms
  • Integrals
  • Inversion
  • Layers
  • Photography
  • Refraction
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Fluid Dynamics.