During flight operations, aircraft induces atmospheric disturbances in the surrounding environment through aerodynamic interactions between its geometric configuration and ambient air medium, resulting in spatially distinct density distribution characteristics that are significantly different from natural background scenario. Considering the positive correlation between atmospheric medium density and light scattering intensity, theoretical analysis shows that detecting the light scattering intensity signals in disturbed regions can map density distributions, thereby extracting the features of aircraft-induced atmospheric disturbance density fields. Based on the concept of long-range aircraft detection through atmospheric disturbance density field characterization, a novel remote sensing method for aircraft detection is proposed in this work. Specifically, a three-dimensional tomographic imaging detection mode for scattered light in an atmospheric disturbance region is designed, and a comprehensive simulation framework covering the entire process of disturbance optical signal generation, transmission, and response is constructed. The study accomplishes the following tasks: 1) the critical challenges in estimating the imaging modulation transfer function under short-exposure conditions subjected to laser pulse secondary scattering effects are resolved, and a photon scattering echo imaging simulation model for aircraft-induced disturbance density fields is established; 2) the scattering echo signal images from active light sources in disturbed density fields and the differential images obtained under disturbed background and non-disturbed background are simulated, with simulation results under varying system parameters analyzed systematically. The research demonstrates that this simulation model can be used to optimize detection system parameters, develop signal processing methods, and assess long-range detection capabilities, thus providing both theoretical foundations and technical support for advancing aircraft detection technologies based on density disturbance characteristics.
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