Structure of optical turbulence over large city

Margarita A. Kallistratova; M. S. Pekour

doi:10.1117/12.177967

29 June 1994 Structure of optical turbulence over large city

Margarita A. Kallistratova, M. S. Pekour

Proceedings Volume 2222, Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing III; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177967
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1994, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The results of an experimental investigation of optically active turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) over Moscow are given. Both quantitative and qualitative data on the ABL structure are obtained due to remote acoustic sensing. Statistical data are given on daily variations in the mean value of the refractive index structure parameter C_n² (for winter and summer), on the vertical profiles of C_n² for different types of the ABL thermal stratification and also on the seasonal occurrence of the type of stratification. The distinctions in the behavior of optical turbulence over a city and a homogeneous terrain are discussed as well as the deviations of the real profiles of C_n² in the urban ABL from the known model representations.

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Margarita A. Kallistratova and M. S. Pekour "Structure of optical turbulence over large city", Proc. SPIE 2222, Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing III, (29 June 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177967

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