The long-term goals of the research are to understand and assess the effects of the atmosphere on the detection of targets at low altitudes over sea in coastal regions using IR and radar systems. Effects considered are transmission losses due to aerosols and water vapor, effects of turbulent fluctuations of the air temperature on blurring and scintillation, and effects of vertical temperature a...

The EO Propagation objectives are: 1) investigate, develop and evaluate fine and coarse mode aerosol models and their effects on visibility and target detection in visible and IR wavelengths 2) Integrate and develop simple, realistic extinction, scintillation and refractivity models for infrared propagation near the ocean surface, 3) develop and evaluate advanced marine radiance models that are...