EOSTAR: An electro-optical sensor performance model for predicting atmospheric refraction, turbulence, and transmission in the marine surface layer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5237, Issue , 2004, Pages 81-92

  Kunz, Gerard J ^a   Moerman, Marcel M ^a   Van Eijk, Alexander M J ^a   Doss Hammel, Stephen M ^b   Tsintikidis, Dimitri ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Naval Command   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric refraction; Electro optical propagation; Infrared; Marine surface layer; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; METEOROLOGY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES;

ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTION; ELECTRO-OPTICAL PROPAGATION; MARINE SURFACE LAYERS; MICROMETEOROLOGICAL MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 1942535737     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.510708     Document Type: Conference Paper

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