Simulation of imaging in the presence of cirrus clouds

Barbara Tehan Landesman; Peter J. Kindilien; Charles L. Matson; Thomas R. Caudill

doi:10.1117/12.330221

3 November 1998 Simulation of imaging in the presence of cirrus clouds

Barbara Tehan Landesman, Peter J. Kindilien, Charles L. Matson, Thomas R. Caudill

Proceedings Volume 3433, Propagation and Imaging through the Atmosphere II; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.330221
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The effect of atmospheric phase perturbations on the diffractive and coherent properties of the uplink and downlink paths of an active imaging illumination beam has been studied in some detail. Similarly, the scattering and depolarization induced by water and ice cloud particles in the path of coherent laser illumination is currently an area of much production research. In contrast, the effect of cloud particles on the diffractive properties of a laser illumination beam has not received as much attention due primarily to the daunting mathematics of the physical mode. This paper seeks to address some of the mathematical issues associated with modeling the interaction of a coherent illumination beam with a cloud of ice particles. The simulation constructs a 3D model of a cirrus cloud consisting of randomly oriented hexagonal ice crystals in the shape of plates, columns, and bullet rosettes. The size, shape, and vertical distribution of the crystals are modeled after measured particles concentrations and distributions. An illumination pattern, in the form of grid of rays, is traced through the cloud, and the properties of the exiting wavefronts are analyzed.

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Barbara Tehan Landesman, Peter J. Kindilien, Charles L. Matson, and Thomas R. Caudill "Simulation of imaging in the presence of cirrus clouds", Proc. SPIE 3433, Propagation and Imaging through the Atmosphere II, (3 November 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.330221

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