Title

Characterization Of The Shuttle Landing Facility As A Laser Range For Testing And Evaluation Of Eo Systems

Keywords

Atmospheric optics; FSO; Inner scale; Laser beam propagation; Measurement; Scintillation; Turbulence

Abstract

The Shuttle Landing Facility runway at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida is almost 5 km long and 100 m wide. Its homogeneous environment makes it a unique and ideal place for testing and evaluating EO systems. An experiment, with the goal of characterizing atmospheric parameters on the runway, was conducted in June 2005. Weather data was collected and the refractive index structure parameter was measured with a commercial scintillometer. The inner scale of turbulence was inferred from wind speed measurements and surface roughness. Values of the crosswind speed obtained from the scintillometer were compared with wind measurements taken by a weather station.

Publication Date

12-1-2005

Publication Title

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volume

5891

Number of Pages

1-7

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.619466

Socpus ID

29344451924 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/29344451924

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