Description Of Optical Turbulence Effects On Propagation In The Atmospheric Surface Boundary Layer

Walter B Miller; Jennifer C Ricklin

doi:10.1117/12.945785

10 August 1988 Description Of Optical Turbulence Effects On Propagation In The Atmospheric Surface Boundary Layer

Walter B Miller, Jennifer C Ricklin

Proceedings Volume 0926, Optical, Infrared, Millimeter Wave Propagation Engineering; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.945785
Event: 1988 Technical Symposium on Optics, Electro-Optics, and Sensors, 1988, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

A methodology is presented to characterize propagation through clear air turbulence in the surface boundary layer of the atmosphere, based on readily obtained environmental observables. Obukhov similarity theory is employed to define a consistent set of flux profile relationships, and the Kolmogorov principle of universal equilibrium to estimate a profile for the refractive index structure parameter. This profile serves as input to a propagation model based on weak perturbation theory, allowing estimates of log-amplitude variance, receiver coherence diameter, isoplanatic effective path length, and scintillation averaging length, as well as a variety of subsidiary imaging statistics.

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Walter B Miller and Jennifer C Ricklin "Description Of Optical Turbulence Effects On Propagation In The Atmospheric Surface Boundary Layer", Proc. SPIE 0926, Optical, Infrared, Millimeter Wave Propagation Engineering, (10 August 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.945785

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