3-7 July 2017
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

An International Experiment on Atmospheric effects in False Bay, South Africa

4 Jul 2017, 15:00
20m
A403B (Engineering Building 51)

A403B

Engineering Building 51

Oral Presentation Track F - Applied Physics Applied Physics

Speaker

Mrs Faith February (Institute for Maritime Technology)

Description

The First European South African Transmission Experiment (FESTER) was conducted in False Bay, South Africa from April 2015 through February 2016. The Institute for Maritime Technology (IMT)in Simon's Town, South Africa collaborated with the Netherlands Research Organisation (TNO), the Fraunhofer Institute for Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation (IOSB), Germany and the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment during the experiment. One of the objectives of the experiment was to characterize the local influence on transmission, refraction and optical turbulence. During the experiment a wide variety of environmental conditions were encountered and several equipment were deployed at different locations in False Bay to quantify the atmospheric effects. Additional measurements were done to determine the steady state and dynamic infrared signatures of maritime targets. An overview of the experiment will be given and some results will be shown.

Apply to be<br> considered for a student <br> &nbsp; award (Yes / No)?

No

Level for award<br>&nbsp;(Hons, MSc, <br> &nbsp; PhD, N/A)?

N/A

Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?

No

Primary author

Mrs Faith February (Institute for Maritime Technology)

Co-author

Dr Willem Gunter (Institute for Maritime Technology)

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