Speaker
Christian Mundt
Description
Radiation emitted at high altitude is modified as it propagates through Earth’s upper
atmosphere toward space-based observers. Even in the rarefied upper atmosphere, long path
lengths and strongly wavelength-dependent absorption and scattering processes can lead to
substantial attenuation depending on spectral region, source altitude, and viewing geometry. In this
work, wavelength-resolved atmospheric transmission functions are derived for radiation emitted
between 30 and 130 km altitude and propagating outward to space at viewing angles between 0°
and 90°, covering the ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared spectral range below 1100 nm.les to LEO-sensors
Summary
Transmission of radiation from hot vehicles to LEO-sensors
Author
Christian Mundt
Co-author
James