Accession Number:

AD0607487

Title:

EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS OF FORWARD SCATTERING OF LIGHT IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE

Descriptive Note:

Interim rept.

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Curcio, J. A.
• Drummeter, L. F., Jr

Report Date:

1964-09-30

Pagination or Media Count:

46.0

Abstract:

The report deals in part with the experimental results from seven measurements on the forward scattering of light by the atmospheric aerosol. In addition, considerations of the problem of detecting forward scattered light in the daytime show that estimated results agree with the available experimental data. Considerations of the feasibility of using over-the-horizon propagation as a communications link leads to the estimation that communication between fixed points at Morse code rates is currently feasible over ranges of the order of 50 km in the daytime for meteorological ranges of 16 km or more, using a narrow-beam projector as source. Ship-to-ship communication would require sources of very high power or precise stabilization and pointing of existing high-intensity searchlight sources.

Descriptors:

• *LIGHT SCATTERING
• *LIGHT
• *LIGHT TRANSMISSION
• *ATMOSPHERIC SCATTERING
• *LASER COMMUNICATIONS
• *FORWARD SCATTERING
• PROPAGATION
• AEROSOLS
• RUBY LASERS
• AIR POLLUTION

Subject Categories:

• Optics
• Atmospheric Physics
• Non-Radio Communications

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE