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Abstract: 24-Symp-069
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Overview of the Meteorological Assessment of Propagation of Laser Energy (MAPLE) experimental data collection event conducted at the Defense Research and Development Canada (DRDC) Valcartier Research Center.
A North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and cross-service experimental data collection event titled Meteorological Assessment of Propagation of Laser Energy (MAPLE) was conducted at the Defense Research and Development Canada (DRDC) Valcartier Research Center on June 5 to 16, 2023. Instrumentation was deployed to characterize the atmosphere and the propagation of a high energy laser (HEL) source over a 1.8 km optical path in a boreal forest environment. A comparable experiment was executed for a subtropical environment at the Townes Institute Science and Technology Experimentation Facility (TISTEF) in 2022. Presented here is an overview of the deployed instrumentation and quality-controlled data products by the High Energy Laser Measurement Support (HELMS) Laboratory at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) for MAPLE. A collaborative dataset has been established across different biomes to reinforce models and simulations with experimentally measured laser performance in known open-air atmospheric conditions.
Funded by the Naval Innovative Science & Engineering (NISE) Center for Direct Energy Innovation: Atmospheric Characterization for Laser Weapon Development and Operations.
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