Title

Atmospheric Turbulence Reciprocal Path Scattering Effects For A Ground-Based Monostatic Laser Radar Tracking A Space Target

Keywords

And backscatter amplification; Atmospheric turbulence; Enhanced backscattenng; Reciprocal path scattering

Abstract

A phenomenological model is developed for the strength and spatial width of the backscattered coherent intensity peak produced by reciprocal path scattering through atmospheric turbulence. The model is applied to a ground-based monostatic laser radar tracking a space target under optically saturated atmospheric turbulence conditions. The models for the amplitude and width ofthe RPS peak are based upon the spatial coherence widths of the propagating fields over the up-link and down-link paths within the atmospheric turbulence as well as the cross-sectional area of the up-link beam.

Publication Date

10-14-1996

Publication Title

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volume

2828

Number of Pages

438-449

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.254193

Socpus ID

85079325968 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85079325968

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