ON THE OPERATIVE METHOD MEASURING OF THE ATMOSPHERE’S INFRARED TRANSPARENCY

Abstract

The results on development of an original method of atmosphere’s transparency determination in the infrared region are presented. The method is a halfempirical and based on the direct nephelometric and meteorological measurements of the atmosphere’s transparency in the visual region (on λ = 0.55 μ ) with following recalculation to the other spectrum region in diapason from 1 μ to 14 μ . The proposed method provides the possibility of the operative valuation “optical weather” in the atmosphere, especially in full-scale tests thermovision equipment and devices of night vision.