DID YOU KNOW? DTIC has over 3.5 million final reports on DoD funded research, development, test, and evaluation activities available to our registered users. Click
HERE to register or log in.
Accession Number:
AD0745951
Title:
Absorption of the 4- to 6-mm Wavelength Band in the Atmosphere.
Corporate Author:
AEROSPACE CORP EL SEGUNDO CALIF LAB OPERATIONS
Report Date:
1972-03-15
Abstract:
The analysis of an extensive series of zenith attenuation measurements of the atmosphere on both sides of the oxygen absorption spectrum 48 to 72 GHz elucidates the absorption characteristics of the 4- to 6-mm wavelength band. With the sun as a source, zenith attenuation measurements were made and used as a function of the precipitable water content of the atmosphere to determine the zenith attenuation coefficients of precipitable water. From these coefficients and measurements of the total precipitable water in the atmosphere, the oxygen components of the zenith attenuation were determined. The zenith oxygen attenuations as a function of frequency and altitude are used to compare the theories for collision-broadened spectral lines and to develop a new expression for pressure-broadened spectral lines. Author
Descriptive Note:
Rept. for Jul 69-Jun 71,
Pages:
0048
Contract Number:
F04701-71-C-0172
File Size:
0.00MB
