Accession Number:

AD0754074

Title:

Transmission of Light Through a Randonly Scattering Medium.

Descriptive Note:

Technical note,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL AIR DEVELOPMENT CENTER WARMINSTER PA AERO-ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY DEPT

Personal Author(s):

• Beck,Cyrus

Report Date:

1972-12-07

Pagination or Media Count:

15.0

Abstract:

A theory of random shallow angle scattering is presented. The dispersion partial differential equation is derived and the dispersion coefficient is introduced. The equation is solved for a spatial impulse. The MOdulation Transfer Function and the constrast loss as a function of dispersion coefficient, spatial frequency and distance are derived. Author

Descriptors:

• (*LIGHT TRANSMISSION
• SEA WATER)
• SCATTERING
• PLANKTON
• REFRACTIVE INDEX
• DISPERSION RELATIONS
• TRANSFER FUNCTIONS
• ATMOSPHERE MODELS
• PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• NUMERICAL INTEGRATION

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
• Optics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE