Accession Number:

ADA063683

Title:

1977 NRL-IMORL Data Base.

Descriptive Note:

Data file,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Haught, Kenneth M.
• Ulrich, Peter B.

Report Date:

1978-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

In 1977 the Infrared Mobile Optical Radiation Laboratory IMORL facility of NRLs Optical Sciences Division conducted in-situ field experiments which precisely measured infrared transmittance along a 5-km coastal path at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Fourier-transform spectroscopy FTS instrumentation capable of resolving the vibration-rotation absorption- line structure of atmospheric gases was used to record the infrared absorption of the experimental path during a variety of meteorological conditions. Related laser-extinction measurements made along the same path provided absolute- transmission normalizations for the FTS spectra. Fifteen of these normalized spectra and a tabulation of associated meteorological measurements have been assembled on digital magnetic tape. The resulting 1977 NRL-IMORL Data Base provides a unique compendium of spectral information about the coastal atmosphere and its infrared properties. Author

Descriptors:

• *ATMOSPHERIC WINDOWS
• *DATA REDUCTION
• *INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY
• *RADIATION ATTENUATION
• ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS
• DIGITAL RECORDING SYSTEMS
• EXTINCTION
• FOURIER SPECTROSCOPY
• LASER BEAMS
• MOLECULAR ROTATION
• MOLECULAR VIBRATION

Subject Categories:

• Atmospheric Physics
• Infrared Detection and Detectors

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE