Summary of the marine aerosol properties and thermal imager performance trial (MAPTIP). Professional paper
This paper describes a 1993 field experiment entitled Marine Aerosol Properties and Thermal Imager Performance Trial (MAPTIP) conducted by NATO AC/243 Panel 04/RSG.8 and 04/RSG.5 in the Dutch coastal waters. Objectives were: to improve and validate vertical marine aerosol models by providing an extensive set of aerosol and meteorological measurements, within a coastal environment at different altitudes and for a range of meteorological conditions; make aerosol and meteorological observations in the first 10 m of the ocean surface with a view to extending existing aerosol models to incorporate near-surface effects; and to assess marine boundary layer effects on thermal Imaging systems. Aerosol and meteorological instruments, as well as thermal imagers and calibrated targets, were utilized. This network of instrumentation has provided a comprehensive database of aerosol size distribution profiles and relevant meteorological variables throughout the marine atmospheric boundary layer. Thermal imagery was included to provide ground truth for assessing the low-level propagation effects near the ocean surface. Measurements were made of atmospheric turbulence and refractivity effects in the IR and RF bands to assess the marine boundary layer effects on the degradation of thermal images. Calibrated targets at different altitudes were observed and these data will be used for development and validation of IRST models and IR ship signature models for determining the effects of marine-generated aerosols turbulence and meteorological profiles on their performance.
- Research Organization:
- Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center, San Diego, CA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 210790
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-300240/9/XAB; TRN: 60640805
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Aug 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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