The FESTER field trial

Forfatter
Eijk, Alexander M. J. van
Gunter, Willem H.
February, Faith
Maritz, Benita
Vrahimis, George
Koago, Mokete S.
Wainman, Carl
Eisele, Christian
Seiffer, Dirk Peter
Sucher, Erik
Stein, Karin
Iersel, Miranda van
Cohen, Leo H.
Binsbergen, Sven A. van
Heemskerk, H. J. M. (Eric)
Sternberg, Armin
Schulte, Helmut
van Rheenen, Arthur
Brendhagen, Erik
Thomassen, Jan Brede
Griffith, Derek
Publisert
2016
Emneord
Meteorologi
Aerosoler
Turbulens
Sensorer
Permalenke
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12242/598
https://ffi-publikasjoner.archive.knowledgearc.net/handle/20.500.12242/598
DOI
10.1117/12.2240642
Samling
Articles
Description
Eijk, Alexander M. J. van; Gunter, Willem H.; February, Faith; Maritz, Benita; Vrahimis, George; Koago, Mokete S.; Wainman, Carl; Eisele, Christian; Seiffer, Dirk Peter; Sucher, Erik; Stein, Karin; Iersel, Miranda van; Cohen, Leo H.; Binsbergen, Sven A. van; Heemskerk, H. J. M. (Eric); Sternberg, Armin; Schulte, Helmut; van Rheenen, Arthur; Brendhagen, Erik; Thomassen, Jan Brede; Griffith, Derek. The FESTER field trial. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering 2016 ;Volum 9979. s. 99790Q-
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An overview is given of the First European – South African Transmission ExpeRiment (FESTER), which took place in South Africa, over the False Bay area, centered around Simon’s Town. The experiment lasted from April 2015 through February 2016 and involved continuous observations as well as periodic observations that took place during four Intensive Observation Periods (IOPs) of 2 weeks each, which were spread over the year. The continuous observations aimed at a characterization of the electro-optical propagation environment, and included standard meteorology, aerosol, refraction and turbulence measurements. The periodic observations aimed at assessing the performance of electro-optical sensors in VIS / SWIR / MWIR and LWIR wavebands by following a boat sailing outbound and inbound tracks. In addition, dynamic aspects of electro-optical signatures, i.e., the changes induced by variations in the environment and/or target orientation, were studied. The present paper provides an overview of the trial, and presents a few first results.
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