High-altitude optical scintillometry

Boris P. Venet

doi:10.1117/12.283914

31 October 1997 High-altitude optical scintillometry

Boris P. Venet

Proceedings Volume 3127, Application of Lidar to Current Atmospheric Topics II; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.283914
Event: Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We report aircraft-based scintillometry measurements for visible light propagation over near-horizontal paths of 50 to 120 km, at altitudes around 40,000 ft. We present time series and histograms of normalized irradiance variance and path-averaged C_n² values. We also present temporal power spectra and covariance functions of irradiance, and derive turbulence inner scale values from the shape of the normalized covariance functions.

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Boris P. Venet "High-altitude optical scintillometry", Proc. SPIE 3127, Application of Lidar to Current Atmospheric Topics II, (31 October 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.283914

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