An overview of the atmospheric visibility monitoring (AVM) program

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2990, Issue , 1997, Pages 114-120

  Jeganathan, Muthu ^a   Erickson, David M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric attenuation; Atmospheric transmission; Atmospheric visibility; Cloud cover statistics; Free space optical communication; Laser communication; Link budget

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COMMUNICATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; LASERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHOTONICS; POWER CONTROL; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; VISIBILITY; MONITORING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

ATMOSPHERIC ATTENUATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC VISIBILITY; CLOUD-COVER STATISTICS; FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; LASER COMMUNICATION; LINK BUDGET;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

ATMOSPHERIC VISIBILITY MONITORING; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

EID: 0030702543     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.273686     Document Type: Conference Paper

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