Temporal and Spatial Characteristics of Surf-zone Plumes
Document ID: 134
Bas, Christopher F.1
Philbrick, C. Russell1
1 The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Electrical Engineering, University Park, PA, U.S.A.
Presented: Conference on Atmospheric Transmission
Air Force Geophisics Lab, Hanscom AFB, Bedford, Massachusetts, June, 1997
Abstract
One of the goals of the investigation, Electro-Optical Propagation Assessment in the Coastal Environment (EOPACE), is to enhance our understanding of the impact that surf generated aerosols have on the propagation of optical radiation through coastal regions. A bi-static LIDAR system uses a fan beam to illuminate the atmospheric region above the surf which permits measurements of both the vertical and horizontal extent of aerosol plume structures. The scattered radiation is imaged by two sensitive CCD cameras and a digital imaging camera, the latter being available only for the most recent test. Three measurement phases of the experiment program have provided data on the surf generated coastal plumes at two locations and under a range of different meteorological conditions. General spatial and temporal characteristics of these "coastal plumes", are described in this report.
| Citation: | "Temporal and Spatial Characteristics of Surf-zone Plumes", Bas, C. F., C. R. Philbrick, Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference on Atmospheric Transmission Models, U.S. Air Force, May 1998, pp. 360 - 367, AFRL-VS-HA-TR-98-0057, Environmental Research Papers, No. 1215 |