Experimental Turbulence Profile and Parameters

M. G. Miller; P. L. Zieske

doi:10.1117/12.956532

18 August 1978 Experimental Turbulence Profile and Parameters

M. G. Miller, P. L. Zieske

Proceedings Volume 0142, Optical Properties of the Atmosphere; (1978) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.956532
Event: 1978 Technical Symposium East, 1978, Washington, D.C., United States

Abstract

For several years, experimental data relative to Atmospheric Turbulence and its effects on electro-magnetic wave propagation has been collected at the AMOS Observatory atop Haleakala on Maui, Hawaii. In general, the results obtained are consistent with theoretical modeling. A number of propagation parameters have been measured. The average value of the Mutual Coherence Function correlation scale, ro, is 9.6 cm at 5000Å. The average log-amplitude variance integrated over a 36 cm aperture is 6 x 10-4. Sufficient data exists to develop a low resolution vertical profile. On the average, this profile is consistent with the measured optical parameters. A strong enhancement of turbulence in the vicinity of the meteorological tropopause is not indicated.

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M. G. Miller and P. L. Zieske "Experimental Turbulence Profile and Parameters", Proc. SPIE 0142, Optical Properties of the Atmosphere, (18 August 1978); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.956532

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