Title :
On the relation between atmospheric visibility and optical wave attenuation
Author :
Martin Grabner;Vaclav Kvicera
Author_Institution :
TESTCOM, Hvo?d´ansk? 3, 148 01 Praha 4, Czech, Republic. phone: +420 271192226
fDate :
7/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The knowledge about the relationship between atmospheric visibility and optical wave attenuation in the atmosphere is essential in order to predict the performance of free space optical communication links. In this paper, a study of the available models of visibility -attenuation relation is presented. Visibility and attenuation are measured on an experimental free space optical link with a wavelength of 830 nm. New models are proposed based on the least square fitting of data from this measurement.
Keywords :
"Optical attenuators","Atmospheric waves","Optical fiber communication","Atmospheric modeling","Wavelength measurement","Atmosphere","Atmospheric measurements","Attenuation measurement","Extraterrestrial measurements","Least squares methods"
Conference_Titel :
Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit, 2007. 16th IST
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1662-0
Electronic_ISBN :
2167177X
DOI :
10.1109/ISTMWC.2007.4299042
