Lab measurements to support modeling terahertz propagation in brownout conditions

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7671, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Fiorino, Steven T ^a   Grice, Phillip M ^a   Krizo, Matthew J ^a   Bartell, Richard J ^a   Haiducek, John D ^a   Cusumano, Salvatore J ^a  

^a Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

atmospheric effects; atmospheric transmission; brownout; optical properties; THz imaging

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMISSIONS; COMPLEX INDEX OF REFRACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; IMAGING CAPABILITIES; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; THZ IMAGING; VISUAL ILLUSIONS;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DEBRIS; HELICOPTER SERVICES; HELICOPTERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MILITARY OPERATIONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VISIBILITY;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 77953640640     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.849728     Document Type: Conference Paper

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