Field Test Of A Forward Scatter Visibility Meter

Download or read book Field Test of a Forward Scatter Visibility Meter written by Wayne S. Hering and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Field tests of a forward scatter visibility instrument were carried out in August 1970 at Cutler, Maine. The performance characteristics of the new instrument were examined through comparisons of simultaneous measurements of atmospheric extinction coefficient with a conventional transmissometer and through comparisons with human observations of visibility. During periods of dense coastal advection fog, which restricted visibility to less than one mile, the correlations coefficient between forward scatter and transmissometer measurements was about 0.91 with a standard error of estimate of 26 percent. The disparities between simultaneous measurements were caused primarily by high frequency fluctuations in fog density that were detected by the small volume measurements with the forward scatter instrument, but were smoothed out by the measurements of transmittance over a baseline of 500 ft. Additional comparisons of forward scatter measurements and transmittance measurements in winter snow situations gave results similar to those obtained in fog conditions. (Author).