Lidar measured refractive effects in a coastal environment

Author

Blood, D.W. ; McKinley, S. ; Philbrick, C.R. ; Paulus, R. ; Rogers, T.

Author_Institution

Appl. Res. Lab., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug 1994

Firstpage

394

Abstract

Atmospheric refractive profiles have been collected in close succession during 1993 at Pt. Mugu during the VOCAR Campaign using lidar measured water vapor and temperature profiles. The data provides input to propagation analysis models both to interpret the effects on radio paths and for predictive purposes, once the temporal history and character of the prevailing conditions is known. The lidar derived refractivity and variability is presented for the period of August 26-27th when intense near-ocean ducting caused enhanced radio signal propagation at VHF to UHF

Keywords

UHF radio propagation; VHF radio propagation; atmospheric light propagation; atmospheric optics; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; AD 1993 08; Pt. Mugu; UHF; United States USA; VHF; VOCAR; atmosphere meteorology; coast; coastal; enhanced radio signal propagation; laser beam; lidar; light propagation; optics; radio path California; refractive effect refraction; refractive profile; refractivity; summer radiowave propagation; temperature profile; troposphere; water vapor; Atmospheric measurements; History; Laser radar; Ocean temperature; Raman scattering; Refractive index; Sampling methods; Sea measurements; UHF measurements; UHF propagation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1497-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399134

Filename

399134