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Laser propagationAtmospheric extinctionWeather limitations

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•> Thd planning of high energy laser system operations dependson a knowledge of possible environmental parameters likely toafrect the system. Most basically, the planner needs to knowtne probability that the system will be usable because of

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20. Abstract (continued)

S-'.The most fundamental environmental conditions inhibitinglaser use are high rain rates and low visibility due to fog, hazeor dust. This report calculates the frequency of occurrence ofthese conditions as a function of geographic location. Thegeographical locations chosen were those which may have possiblelaser operations, and include the Persian Gulf, North Atlantic,Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, Korea, and the Caribbean Sea.

With a limiting 3 hour average rain rate of 3 mm/hr, thefrequency of occurrence of the rain limitation is no greater than3%. This depends on latitude - higher latitudes having lesserrain rates - as well as time of year. The limiting visibilitycondition was considered to be 1 km. Visibility less than 1 kmwas generally related to fog and as such is also related tolatitude. In the tropical areas the visibility limitationoccurred less than 1% of the time regardless of time of year.In polar and subpolar locales, limited visibility occurred over20% of the time (Kamchatka, in July).

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CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . .. . . . . . . .1.1 Purpose . . . . 11.2 Objective .. . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I

2. DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3

2.1 Data Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.2 Source Data . . . . . . . . 32.3 Distribution of Observations ..... . .6

3. METHODOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3.1 Overview . . . . . . . . ... 73.2 Computer Processing . ... . 73.3 Data Input and Verification . . . .. 103.4 Data, Decoding . . . . . . . . .. . 103.5 Analysis Period . . . . . . . . . . 113.6 Meteorological Calculations . . . . . . . .113.7 Statistical Calculations . . . . . . . . 123.8 Formatted Output . . . . . . . 16

4. RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

5. CONCLUSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

APPENDIX A: TABLES AND GRAPHS. . . . . . . . . . 23

Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

APPENDIX B: MARPLT PROGRAM LISTINGS . . . . . . . 95

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1. INTRODUCTION

1l.1 PURPOSE

The purpose of this effort was to determine the frequency of

occurrence of weather conditions which preclude operation of the

high energy laser system (HELS) in real operational conditions.

The limitations include range obscuration by rain, fog and haze,

as well as the humidity and aerosols.

1.2 OBJECTIVE

The objective of this project was to produce a climatology

of the following variables for various Marsden Squares: rainrate;

visibility; total extinction coefficient over the wavelength band

used by the HELS pointer-tracker(8-12 pm); molecular extinction

coefficient for the mid-range infrared advanced chemical laser(MIRACL) spectrum. The climatology was expressed in terms of theaverage frequency with which specified values of the above

variables were reported.

1 .3 BACKGROUND

The decision to deploy a High Energy l.aser System (HELS) as

part of a weapon suite depends on the vulnerability of the HELS

to expected weather conditions. The environmental factors which

influence the system are scattering and absorption by atm..spheric

aerosols and molecules, nonlinear effects, such as thermal

blooming, and turbulence-induced laser beam wander. These effects

are not directly measurable with standard meteorological instru-

mentation, but correlation models can be used to relate archived

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meteorological measurements to the desired meteorological param-

eters. The collected and analyzed results predict the frequency

of occurrence of weather conditions affecting the HELS.

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2. DATA

2.1 DATA BASE

A consolidated Data Set (CDS) has been created at Fleet

Numerical Oceanography Center (FNOC) using the National Climatic

Center's marine surface observation archives (TDF-II) and FNOC's

surface observation archives (SPOT). These data have been

organized by Marsden Square and are stored on magnetic tape.

Each tape consists of multiple files of Marsden Squares. Within

each Marsden Square data are ordered by 1-degree subsquare.

Within each subsquare data are ordered chronologically over the

period 1946-1977.

2.2 SOURCE DATA

Data used in the analysis was a subset of the CDS. The

period 1963-1973 inclusive was chosen as the analysis period.

Therefore, up to eleven years of observations have been used to

calculate a set of environmental statistics.

The analysis concentrated on geographic areas which were

considered possible future HELS operating areas. These areas

were the Persian Gulf (Marsden Sq. 102-103), North Atlantic

(Marsden Sq. 145-147), Southeast Asia (Marsden Sq. 26), Korea

(Marsden Sq. 131-132), and the Caribbean (Marsden Sq. 44). These

locations are described in Figure 1 and Table I

As each record tas processed the data were checked for (1)

parity errors, (2) correct packing arrangement of the observa-

tions (i.e., the number of words in the record must be equal to

some multiple of 5), and (3) agreement of the air-sea temperature

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difference with the difference of air temperature and sea surface

temperature. Records which failed these checks were dropped from

the analyzed data base.

Table 1. List of Marsden Squares analyzed.

Square Geographic Area

102-103 Persian Gulf

67 Araoian Sea

26 Southeast Asia

13i -132 Korea

200 Kamchatka Peninsula

44 Caribbean Sea

"145-147 North Atlantic Ocean

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2.3 DISTRIBUTION OF OBSERVATIONS

A wide variation in the temporal distribution of the observa-

tions was noted. A given month of some years had few or no reports

while the same month of other years had many reports. The temporal

distribution varied for each Marsden Square analyzed. It was

determined that a simple averaging of the data over the entire

analysis period would yield mean values that would be biased by the

data from years with many observations. An alternate method of

computing mean values was chosen in which monthly averages were

calculated for each year with one or more reports for the given

month. These monthly averages were then averaged to obtain mean

values for the entire analysis period. This method of computing

the means had the effect of limiting the bias introduced by years

that had many reports relative to other years. The averages of

the parameters were averaged over the Marsden subsquare averages

to produce a Marsden square average. The procedure for calculating

mean values for each Marsden square gave equal weight to all

4 Isubsquares with reports.

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3. METHODOLOGY

3.1 OVERVIEW

The parameter correlation models described in this section

were used to calculate the HEL's characteristics associated with

each observation recorded on the CDS tapes. The resulting values

for the HEL's variables were grouped by month and Marsden subsquare

and averaged. The resultir.g means then were grouped by Marsden

square for the entire analysis period and averaged.

3.2 COMPUTER PROCESSING

A computer program was developed to process the thousands of

weather observations that formed the data base for the analysis.

The data recorded on the CDS tapes was known to be relatively free

of data gaps and errors so only a few quality control checks were

included in the program. Speed in operation and the production

of conveniently formatted output (tables and graphs) were the

main features of the program.

Below is a list of the primary functions of MARPLT (Marsden

Square Plotting) program:

1. Read the data from the CDS tape.

2. Establish that the record is acceptable for processing

(check for parity error, EOF marker, packing arrangement of the

observations).

3. Unpack the coded data using a masking expression and the

SHIFT intrinsic function.

4. Select only those observations taken during the 1963-

1973 time period.

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5. Calculate values for the following variables: visibility,

rainrate, molecular absorption coefficient, molecular extinction

coefficient, and extinction coefficient for the MIRACL spectrum.

6. Calculate the cumulative frequency of occurrence of:

visibility less than or equal to 1 km, rainrate greater than or

equal to 2 millimeters per hour (mm/hr), molecular extinctioncoefficient (8-12 jim) greater than or equal to 0.8 per kilometer, I

and MIRACL spectrum extinction coefficient greater than or equal

to 0.28 per kilometer.

7. Calculate the frequency of occurrence of rainrates for

21 intervals ranging from 0 to greater than 10 mm/hr in 0.5 mm/hr

increments and grouped by month.

8. Calculate the cumulative frequency of occurrence of

rainrates for the 21 intervals for the months of March, June,

September, and December.

9. Calculate the mean and standard deviation, grouped by

month and Marsden subsquare, of the following parameters: molecular

extinction coefficient (8-12 um), and MIRACL spectrum extinction

coefficient.

10. Produce an output of tables and graphs summarizing the

statistics.

The flow chart in Figure 2 illustrates the flow of data through

MARPLT, showing a closed loop which will analyze all observations

within a Marsden square file before terminating. The numbers

appearing at the upper right corner of each box relate the opera-

tion to one of the ten functions outlined above. Details of the

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execution of each of the ten primary fur.ctions is given in the

following sections. The parenthetical numbers following each

heading indicate the relationship to the above functions.

3.3 DATA INPUT AND VERIFICATION (1,2)

A buffer input statement was used to transfer data from a

file to a block of memory one record at a time. Then the status

of the buffer i~iput operation was checked for an EOF or parity

error condition. If a parity error was noted the record was

discarded. If an EOF was encountered, end-product statistics for

the Marsden square were calculated. If no parity error or EOF

was noted, the number of words in the record was determined. If

the number of words was a multiple of 5, the packing arrangement

of the record was acceptable. Otherwise, the record was discarded.

Acceptable records were processed observatior by observation. The

above procedure was repeated until all observations for a Marsden

square were analyzed and an EOF was encountered.

3.4 DATA DECODING (3)

Each observation was first unpacked from a binary form. Each

observation was then checked for data source (SPOT or TDF-11).

The appropriate scaling for pressure was applied depending on the

data source. Air temperature, dew point and sea surface tempera-

ture were corrected for sign. Latitude and longitude were decoded

with the convention that positive (negative) latitude was North

(South). Positive (negative) longitude was east (west). The

remaining data were decoded with scaling and bias factors described

in Mu (1975).

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• 3.5 ANALYSIS PERIOD (4)

Only those observations taken during the eleven year period

1963-1973 were analyzed. Selection of the desired observations

required a simple check that the year of the observation was within

5 yedrs of 1968.

3.6 METEOROLOGICAL CALCULATIONS (5)

Visibility values were taken directly from the CDS tapes.

The four remaining variables were calculated using correlation

models and the reported weather data.

3.6.1 Rainrate

The rainrate was evaluated using the relation of the present

weather code (IPW) to rainrate, originally derived by Tucker (1971)

and subsequently modified by Bourke and Dorman (1977). These

derivations were specifically derived to determine three hour

precipitation totais, rather than rainrates. This work infers an

average precipitation rate from the three hour total. It must be

stressed that this rate is often less than the possible instanta-

neous rainrate within the three hour period of observation.

3.6.2 Molecular Extinction Coefficient

The molecular extinction coefficient was calculated for the

thermal infrared wavelength band (8-12 pm). The extinction

coefficient was calculated using a polynomial fit to the LOWTRAN 3B

molecular transmittance code. In translating from transmittance

to extinction a 10 km range was used to approximate the range

dependence of the extinction coefficient.

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3.6.3 MIRACL Spectrum Absorption Coefficient

Molecular absorption for the proposed MIRACL spectrum was

evaluated using an algorithm developed by Science Applications,

Inc. (SAI). The absorption coefficient for each observation was

determined through the solution of a polynomial which is a function

of water vapor pressure (Torr) and temperature (K) and has the

following form:

f(T,P) a1 + a 2 T + a 3 P + a4 P2 + asTP 2

+ a 6 TP + a 7 T2 + a 8 PT2 + a9p 2 T2

where T is temperature and P is vapor pressure. Values for the

coefficients ai, i= 1,2,...,9 were determined by SAI using a least

squares fitting procedure and are listed below:-2 -34

a1 = 9.4351"*010 a 6 = - .0417*103

a 2 = -3.2344*10-4 a7 = 2.6804*10-7

-1 -a 3 = 1 .7890*10 8 = 1 .5392*106

a4 1.0080*10-3 a = 1 .2311*10-8

a 5 = -7.0357*106

The polynomial is valid for temperatures ranging from 240 K to

320 K and water vapor pressures from 0 to 79 Torr.

3.7 STATISTICAL CALCULATIONS (6,7,8,9)

The magnitude )f the values calculated above was checked

against specified limits. If these threshold values were met or

exceeded the appropriate frequency of nccurrence counters were

incremented. Other counters recorded the number of observations

for a given month and the number of observations for a given

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Marsden subsquare. The computed values for the two attenuation

coefficients were summed before calculating the mean and standard

deviation of the coefficient data.

Data on the CDS tape are chronologically ordered within each

Marsden subsquare. The processing described above continued until

all observations for a given month, year and subsquare were

analyzed. Then program control was transferred to the subroutine

MNAVG. When program control was returned to the main program,

the processing of observations for the next month but same year

ana subsquare was begun. (If obser,,ations from December were the

last data analyzed, the month and yeav would have changed when

program cortrol reverted to the main program.)

After all observations for a given Marsden subsquare were

processed, program control was transferred to the subroutine

S, SUBAVG.

C 3.7.1 Monthly Averaging

The subroutine MNAVG grouped information by month and

performed some analysis of the data accumulated in the main

program. No end-product statistics were calculated in MNAVG.

Values computed in MNAVG were based on observations from a single

month, year and subsquare.

Using visibility as an example, the frequency of occurrence

for a given month and year was calculated as follows:

FVISI = NVIS/NDMN

where:

FVISI is the frequency of occurrence of visibility

1 km for a given month,

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NVIS is the number of observations that had a

reported visibility less than or equal to 1 kin,

NDMN is the total number of observations reported

for the month.

The results of the calculations were identified by month

and grouped with the results based on data from the same month

of other years. (Recall that all of this data is from the same

Marsden subsquare.) Newly computed values of frequency of

occurrence were summed with previously computed values each time

MNAVG was called. The summed totals for th'ý two attenuation

coefficients were similarly grouped by month and summed over

the entire data analysis period.

3.7.2 Marsden Subsquare Averages

In the subroutine SUBAVG, the various summations computed

in MNAVG were averaged to calculate the means and standard devia-

tions of the attenuation coefficients and the mean frequencies of

occurrence described previously. These statistics were grouped

by month and subsquare. Using visibility as an example, the

process was as follows:

FVIS2 = N ISl .

where:

FVIS2 is the mean frequency of occurrence of visi-

bility < 1 km in the subsquare for a given

month over the entire analysis period,

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FVISI is the summation of the individual fre-Nt y

quencies of occurrence computed for a givenmonth and year,

is the number of years that had reports

for the given month and had a possible

range of 0 to 11.

These mean subsquare values were then summed and eventually a

mean value for the entire Marsden Square was calculated.

3.7.3 Marsden Square Averages

Whan all data for a Marsden Square had been processed, the

program encountered an EOF. P-ogram control was transferred

to a different section of the main program and the summations

of subsquare means were averaged to produce the required mean

frequencies of occurrence fo the entire Marsden Square. Again

using visibility as an example, the computations were done as

follows:

1 NFVIS3 N FVIS2.FVI3 =N i=l i

where:

FVIS3 is the mean frequency of occurrence of visi-

bility < 1 km in the Marsden Square for a given

month over the entire analysis period,

NSFVIS2 is the summation of the mean frequencies ofi=li

occurrence of visibility < 1 km in each sub-

square with reports,

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N is the number of subsquares that had reports

during the analysis period.

The processing described in this and the preceeding sections

can be summarized as follows:

* Monthly means were calculated for each E-O-met variable

* The monthly means were averaged to produce mean values

for the subsquares

* The subsquare means were averaged to produce mean values

that were grouped by montn but applied to the entire

Marsden Square and analysis period.

This method of computing the average of means had the effect

of limiting the bias introduced by years and subsquares that

had many observations relative to others.

3.8 FORMATTED OUTPUT (10)

Output from the computer program included tables organized

by month which listed the statistics described in previous sec-

tions. Table 2 is a sample of the tabular output. Histograms

and graphs of cumulative frequency for the rainrate data were

plotted as shown in Figure 3.

The output of MARPLT contained the mean latitude, mean

longitude, standard deviation of the latitude and standard

2 deviation of the longitude of the Marsden subsquares analyzed

for each Marsden Square. Subsquares with no reports were iden-

tified by subsquare number. The number of subsquares with re-

ports and the number of observations analyzed for the Marsden e

SSquare during the 1963-1973 period were given. The output also

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listed the identifying number of each Marsden Square analyzed

and the quadrant of the globe in which the square is located.

All standard deviations were calculated using N weighting.

The subroutine HISTPLT contained the code used to produce

the graphs on the Varian plotter. Extended Core Storage (ECS)

was required for the plotting operation. The graphs were pro-

duced by a simple bin sort. A total of 21 intervals of rainrate

were specified, ranging from 0 to greater than 10 mm/hr in 0.5

mm/hr increments. Referring to Figure 3(a), the histogram

should be interpreted as the frequency of occurrence (percent)

of rainrates falling into each interval. Reports were included

in a bin when the observed rainrate was greater than or equal

to the lower bin boundary value and less than the higher bin

boundary. All observations of rainrate greater than or equalto 10 mm/hr were grouped together and displayed in the 21st

interval. For this interval the histogram should be interpreted

Ias the frequency of occurrence (percent) of rainrates greater

than or equal to 10 mm/hr.

I A variable vertical scale was used to provide maximum resolu-

tion of the displayed data. The three vertical scales incorporated

into the program had maximums of 5, 10, and 20 percent. Data

for the interval 0.0 to 0.5 mm/hr were not plotted since the over-

whelming majority of observations fell into this category. Any

attempt to plot on the same graph the data for all of the inter-

vals would have lead to scaling problems and difficulty in using

the plots. Values for the data associated with the first inter- I

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The cumulative frequency of occurrence (percent) corresponding

'4 to a particular bin boundary value was derived by summing all bin

elements less then the bin boundary value and dividing this sum by

the total number of bin elements. Referring to Figure 3(b), the

graph should be interpreted as the frequency (percent) with which

a rainrate less than the indicated value was reported. Again, one

of three vertical scales was used to enhance the useability of the

graph.

4. RESULTS

The collected statistics of rainfall, detector total extinc--

tion coefficient and MIRACL molecular extinction are included in

4 Appendix A. These are in the form described in Section 3.8.

Within each geographical area statistics are provided for each

month. In addition frequency statistics of visibility and rain-

rate exceeding their critical values are provided for each month.

Program 'istings of programs relating archived meteorological

data to rainrates and extinction coefficients are provided in

Appendix B.

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5. CONCLUSIONS

The environmental conditions limiting use of a high energy

laser system are basically high rain rate and low visibility.

These conditions limit the use of the HEL system in all regions ex-

cept Korea less than 6% of the time. In the Korean area, visi-

bility is limited by frequent fog conditions. These low visi-

bility conditions are less frequent in winter (below 2%) than

in summer when they occur about 10% of the time.

The highest average rain rate limitation occurs in the tropi-

cal zones (for example S.E. Asia when rain limits laser use 5%

of the time in November). We again stress the limitations cf

the rain rate algorithm however. The algorithm is accurate in

northern Iz~titudes which have long periods of relatively light

rain. The tropics, however, often have short periods of very

intense rain, exceeding 25 mm/hr. The averaging techniques used

here "smears" such intense occurrences over an entire three

hour period. An aver'age rain of 3 mm/hr in three hours, may

just as well mean that the entire rain fell in a half hour, and

is characterized by a rain rate of 18 mm/hr for a short period.

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REFERENCES

Dorman, C. and R. H. Bourke, 1978: A temperature correction for

Tuckers Ocean Rainfall estimates. Quart. J. R. Met. Soc.,

104, 765-773. 1$Meteorology International, Inc. (MII), 1978: The FNWC Consoli-

dated Data Set. Documentation Report for contract N0O228-

78-D-4316, Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center.

Science Applications, Inc. (SAI), 1978: Marine Electro-optical

'Micro-Meteorological' data base and statistical analysis.

Technical :.struction 78-51, Contract Data Report to Naval

Sea Systems Command, PMS-405.

Tucker, G. B., 1961: Precipitation over the North Atlantic Ocean.

Quart. J. R. Met. Soc., 87, 147-158.

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APPENDIX A

TABLES AND GRAPHS

The data in this appendix are presented in two groups: first,

tables of rainrates and bad weather statistics; and second, paired

graphs of rainrate frequencies of occurrence (top) and cumulative

frequencies of occurrence (bottom). 0,.a table and eight graphs are

included for each of the 14 Marsden Squares analyzed.

The graphs summarize their respective rainrate statistics for

the months of March, June, September, and December, in that order.

These months were cl.osen to represent the four climatic seasons of

spring, summer, fall, and winter.

Within each of the two groups, tzbles/graphs are ordered by

Marsden Square number in the sequence shown below.

Square Geographic Area

102-103 Persian Gulf

67 Arabian Sea

26 Southeast Asia

131-132 Korea

200 Kamchatka Peninsula

44 Caribbean Sea

145-147 North Atlantic Ocean

252 Norway

143-144 Mediterranean Sea

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