Ground-based laser atmospheric propagation analysis--the Omega code

Douglas P. Crawford; Eugene J. Sigal; Robert K. Tyson; Rick James Morgan

doi:10.1117/12.18335

1 May 1990 Ground-based laser atmospheric propagation analysis--the Omega code

Douglas P. Crawford, Eugene J. Sigal, Robert K. Tyson, Rick James Morgan

Proceedings Volume 1221, Propagation of High-Energy Laser Beams Through the Earth's Atmosphere; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18335
Event: OE/LASE '90, 1990, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Many of the advances in high energy laser beam propagation through the atmosphere have been made or have been influenced by computer-aided analysis. The WJSA Omega code is being used to analyze the performance and sensitivity of ground-based high-energy laser beam propagation. This very flexible code has been configured to model the uplink/beacon beam propagation through the atmosphere and to model the beam control system. A discussion of the special requirements placed on a four-dimensional atmospheric propagation code is presented here. Also, some results comparing several modeling methods are given with an analysis of their respective limitations.

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Douglas P. Crawford, Eugene J. Sigal, Robert K. Tyson, and Rick James Morgan "Ground-based laser atmospheric propagation analysis--the Omega code", Proc. SPIE 1221, Propagation of High-Energy Laser Beams Through the Earth's Atmosphere, (1 May 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18335

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