Experimental Atmospheric Extinction Measurements At Nine Wavelengths Between 0.3 And 10 µm

Gordon Lerfald; Vernon Derr

doi:10.1117/12.956880

17 November 1978 Experimental Atmospheric Extinction Measurements At Nine Wavelengths Between 0.3 And 10 µm

Gordon Lerfald, Vernon Derr

Proceedings Volume 0161, Optics Applied to Solar Energy IV; (1978) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.956880
Event: 22nd Annual Technical Symposium, 1978, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Accurate determinations of the widely varying spectral extinction of the direct solar beam by the earth's atmosphere has applications in several fields; these include solar energy, optical communication and remote sensing of atmospheric parameters. A system used to make extinction measurements at nine wavelengths in the 0.3 to-10 μm range is described and sample results are presented. Plans to use the data to study remotely the characteristics of clouds and aerosols, particularly the size distributions of the particles along the transmission path, are discussed.

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Gordon Lerfald and Vernon Derr "Experimental Atmospheric Extinction Measurements At Nine Wavelengths Between 0.3 And 10 µm", Proc. SPIE 0161, Optics Applied to Solar Energy IV, (17 November 1978); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.956880

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