Calculation and simulation of atmospheric refraction effects in maritime environments

Denis Dion Jr.; Lionel Gardenal; P. Lahaie; J. Luc Forand

doi:10.1117/12.413824

31 January 2001 Calculation and simulation of atmospheric refraction effects in maritime environments

Denis Dion Jr., Lionel Gardenal, P. Lahaie, J. Luc Forand

Proceedings Volume 4167, Atmospheric Propagation, Adaptive Systems, and Laser Radar Technology for Remote Sensing; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.413824
Event: Europto Remote Sensing, 2000, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

Near the sea surface, atmospheric refraction and turbulence affect both IR transmission and image quality. This produces an impact on both the detection and classification/identification of targets. With the financial participation of the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR), Canada's Defence Research Establishment Valcartier (DREV) is developing PRIME (Propagation Resources In the Maritime Environment), a computer model aimed at describing the overall atmospheric effects on IR imagery systems in the marine surface layer. PRIME can be used as a complement to MODTRAN to compute the effective transmittance in the marine surface layer, taking into account the lens effects caused by refraction. It also provides information on image degradation caused by both refraction and turbulence. This paper reviews the refraction phenomena that take place in the surface layer and discusses their effects on target detection and identification. We then show how PRIME can benefit detection studies and image degradation simulations.

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Denis Dion Jr., Lionel Gardenal, P. Lahaie, and J. Luc Forand "Calculation and simulation of atmospheric refraction effects in maritime environments", Proc. SPIE 4167, Atmospheric Propagation, Adaptive Systems, and Laser Radar Technology for Remote Sensing, (31 January 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.413824

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