Characterization of the Shuttle Landing Facility as a laser range for testing and evaluation of EO systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5891, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-7

  Vetelino, Frida Strömqvist ^a   Borbath, Michael R ^b   Andrews, Larry C ^a   Phillips, Ronald L ^a   Burdge, Geoffrey L ^b   Chin, Peter G ^b   Galus, Darren J ^b   Wayne, David ^a   Pescatore, Robert ^a   Cowan, Doris ^a   Thomas, Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b National Center for Health Statistics   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric optics; FSO; Inner scale; Laser beam propagation; Measurement; Scintillation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

INNER SCALE; LASER BEAM PROPAGATION; SCINTILLOMETERS;

AIRPORT RUNWAYS; CHARACTERIZATION; DATA ACQUISITION; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCINTILLATION; SPACE SHUTTLES; SPACECRAFT LANDING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

EID: 29344451924     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.619466     Document Type: Conference Paper

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