Improved Visibility Reporting Using Aerosol Concentration Measurements

Authors

• Halley Turner, Center for Directed Energy, Air Force Institute of Technology
• Marilyn Dunbar, Center for Directed Energy, Air Force Institute of Technology
• Steven T. Fiorino, Center for Directed Energy, Air Force Institute of Technology
• Kyle E. Fitch, Center for Directed Energy, Air Force Institute of TechnologyFollow
• Kevin J. Keefer, Center for Directed Energy, Air Force Institute of Technology

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-2026

Abstract

Excerpt:  This paper demonstrates that particle concentration-based visibility quantifications permit aerosol effects such as extinction at 550 nm to be accurately encoded in METAR reports at visibilities as high as 160 km.  Abstract © Optica

Comments

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Co-author Marilyn Dunbar was co-affiliated with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory at the time of this article.

DOI

10.1364/AO.600538

Source Publication

Applied Optics (ISSN 1559-128X | eISSN 2155-3165)

Recommended Citation

Halley Turner, Marilyn Dunbar, Steven Fiorino, Kyle Fitch, and Kevin Keefer, "Improved visibility reporting using aerosol concentration measurements," Appl. Opt. 65, H193-H209 (2026)