Optical Properties of the Atmosphere (Third Edition)

• Main Authors: McClatchey, R. A., Fenn, R. W., Selby, J. E. A., Volz, F. E., Garing, J. S.
• Other Authors: AIR FORCE CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH LABS HANSCOM AFB MA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1972
• Subjects: Atmospheric Physics; Optics; *ATMOSPHERES; CLOUDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SCATTERING; AEROSOLS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; COHERENT RADIATION; FOG; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; TABLES(DATA); SOLAR RADIATION; ABSORPTION SPECTRA; INFRARED RADIATION; ATMOSPHERE MODELS; LASER BEAMS; ATMOSPHERES; ATTENUATION; Arctic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0753075; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0753075

A series of tables and charts is presented from which the atmospheric transmittance between any two points in the terrestrial atmosphere can be determined. This material is based on a set of five atmospheric models ranging from tropical to arctic and two aerosol models. A selected set of laser frequencies has been defined for which monochromatic transmittance values have been given. For low resolution transmittance predcition, a series of charts has been drawn providing the capability for predicting transmittance at a resolution of 20 wave-numbers. Separate sections are included on scattered solar radiation, infrared emission, refractive effects, and attenuation by cloud and fog. This third edition differs from the others in that the low resolution spectral curves for the uniformly mixed gases and in the short wavelength region for water vapor have been revised, providing some overall improvement in accuracy; and more importantly, an appendix has been added providing model data and equivalent sea level path data for the U.S. Standard Atmosphere, 1962. See also AD-726 116.