Fog and/or High Humidity are not good for LIDAR Jamming testing
This morning RadarRob and myself got together to test my revised laser jammer setup. This morning the conditions were highly humid with some light fog at our testing site.
Although we have seen reports that it much more difficult to achieve LIDAR readings in rain, snow, and fog we never have tested under these conditions before. After a handful of runs, it became evident that fog and high humidity works against the LIDAR operator and helps the effectiveness of laser jammers. We attribute the decreased performance of the LIDARs due to its beam being reflected, refracted as well as being absorbed by the moisture in the air. Although visible light easlily penetrates and transmits through water, light in the IR spectrum is well absorbed by water and is not transmitted well through water.
So, the testing we had planned for today will be rescheduled.