Validation of a worldwide physics-based, high spectral resolution atmospheric characterization and propagation package for UV to RF wavelengths

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7090, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Fiorino, Steven T ^a   Bartell, Richard J ^a   Krizo, Matthew J ^a   Moore, Kenneth P ^a   Cusumano, Salvátore J ^a  

^a Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol extinction; Atmospheric effects; Boundary layer; Correlated climatology; Optical turbulence

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL EXTINCTION; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC CHARACTERIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATES; ATMOSPHERIC PROPAGATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CORRELATED CLIMATOLOGY; DOPPLER WEATHER RADARS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; EXTINCTION MEASUREMENTS; FIELD EXPERIMENTS; FIRST PRINCIPLES; HIGH ENERGIES; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; LAYER TRANSMISSION; LID AR SYSTEMS; LINE OF SIGHT; LINE-BY-LINE; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NEAR-INFRARED WAVELENGTHS; OPERATIONAL SIMULATIONS; OPTICAL TURBULENCE; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; TARGET-IN-THE-LOOP; WATER VAPOR CONTENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERICS; CHARACTERIZATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HIGH ENERGY LASERS; LASERS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; OPTICAL RADAR; PROBABILITY; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADIO BROADCASTING; RADIO TRANSMISSION; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

EID: 52349118218     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.795435     Document Type: Conference Paper

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