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24 October 2012 Modeling off-axis laser scattering: effects from aerosol distributions
John S. deGrassie
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Abstract
The detection and characterization of a laser by an off-axis receiver has been demonstrated and has been modeled to varying degrees of complexity and application. Within these models, many factors contribute to the received intensity at an off-axis receiver, but none is more important than the aerosol distribution; it is the aerosols that are the primary scatterers. Here the dependency of off-axis scattering on the type of aerosol distribution used is explored and the relative importance of this distribution in different geometries is evaluated. The effort uses a single-scatter off-axis model to simulate the received intensity at an off-axis sensor for the inter-comparisons.
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John S. deGrassie "Modeling off-axis laser scattering: effects from aerosol distributions", Proc. SPIE 8517, Laser Communication and Propagation through the Atmosphere and Oceans, 85170V (24 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.973747
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KEYWORDS
Laser scattering

Scattering

Aerosols

Atmospheric modeling

Mie scattering

Atmospheric particles

Receivers

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