Accession Number:

ADA142143

Title:

A Laboratory Facility for the Measurement of the Optical Properties of Obscurants.

Descriptive Note:

Technical memo.,

Corporate Author:

ELECTRONICS RESEARCH LAB ADELAIDE (AUSTRALIA)

Personal Author(s):

• Gambling,D. J.
• Dale,F. R.
• Scott,O. S.
• Bentley,J.

Report Date:

1983-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

42.0

Abstract:

The presence of natural and vehicle-made dusts, fires and smoke obscurants seriously degrades the performance of electro-optical sensors operated in military environments. This memorandum describes a laboratory facility for the measurement of the visual and infrared mass extinction coefficients of obscurants under controlled environmental conditions. Author

Descriptors:

• *LABORATORIES
• *OPTICAL DETECTORS
• *OBSCURATION
• EXTINCTION
• MEASUREMENT
• OPTICAL PROPERTIES
• EXPERIMENTAL DATA
• ELECTROOPTICS
• TEST EQUIPMENT
• DUST
• SMOKE
• COEFFICIENTS
• VISIBLE SPECTRA
• AUSTRALIA
• CHAMBERS
• INFRARED SPECTRA
• TRANSMISSOMETERS

Subject Categories:

• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
• Optical Detection and Detectors
• Optics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE