Atmospheric scattering from a 1.15-micron laser beam and its off-axis detectable range
By: Roger H. Kleen, Norman L. Abshire
Contributors: Abshire, Norman L.; Wave Propagation Laboratory; United States. Environmental Science Services Administration
Series: ESSA technical report -- ERL 90-WPL 5
Publisher: Wave Propagation Laboratory, Environmental Science Services Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce; For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo; Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 27
Subjects: Laser beams; Atmospheric effects; Radio meteorology; Microwaves; Radio waves
Description: The detectability of a laser beam through a fog can be predicted fairly accurately for various detector and collecting optical systems if temperature, relative humidity, and fog extinction coefficient are known. Smoke is much more variable and can not be characterized by only its extinction coefficient. Fog and smoke angular scattering patterns determined experimentally are presented.
Notes: "February 1968."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 27).