STRUCTURE OF FOG, SMOKE

THIS PROPOSAL IS BEING SUBMITTED FOR THE DESIGN OF A NEW TYPE OF LIDAR SYSTEM FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE TREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE TROPOSPHERE AND ITS CONSTITUENTS. THE MULTIBEAM LIDAR SYSTEM IS BASED ON A NEW PRINCIPAL, NOT PREVIOUSLY USED, WHICH OFFERS WHICH OFFERS SEVERAL ADVANTAGES OVER A SCANNING LIDAR WITH WHICH IT MAY BE COMPARED. THESE ADVANTAGES ARE DESCRIBE IN DETAIL IN THE PROPOSAL. THE EMPHASIS. IN THIS PROPOSAL IS ON APPLICATION OF THE SYSTEM TO THE STUDY OF FOG AND CLOUD, BUT THE TECHNIQUE COULD BE ADOPTED FOR OTHER APPLICATIONS (E.G. TO THE STUDY OF THE DISPERSION OF SMOKE AND CONTAMINANT GASES). THE TOTAL STUDY IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PHASES-SYSTEM DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION. PHASE I-SYSTEM DESIGN -FORMS THERE SUBJECT OF THE CURRENT PROPOSAL. THE ARE SEVERAL APPLICATIONS OF THIS NEW TECHNIQUE WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY USEFUL TO THE THREE CURRENT PROPOSAL. THERE ARE SEVERAL APPLICATIONS OF THIS NEW TECHNIQUE WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY USEFUL TO THE THREE BRANCHES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.