The study of turbulence and optical instability in stably stratified Earth's atmosphere

P. G. Kovadlo; A. Yu. Shihovtsev

doi:10.1117/12.2205997

19 November 2015 The study of turbulence and optical instability in stably stratified Earth's atmosphere

P. G. Kovadlo, A. Yu. Shihovtsev

Proceedings Volume 9680, 21st International Symposium Atmospheric and Ocean Optics: Atmospheric Physics; 968074 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2205997
Event: XXI International Symposium Atmospheric and Ocean Optics. Atmospheric Physics, 2015, Tomsk, Russian Federation

Abstract

It is shown that atmospheric turbulence is not suppressed completely in strongly stably stratified conditions when Richardson's number exceeds its critical value. It is worth to note that airflow is laminar according classical ideas of the turbulence theory when Richardson's number values are supercritical. It is shown that in the stably stratified atmospheric surface layer under conditions of large vertical temperature gradients and low wind speeds, atmospheric turbulence is often characterized by intermittent structure and in some parts of space intensity of fluctuations can reach high values. The results of experimental investigations of optical instability conducted out along the horizontal path in the stably stratified atmospheric surface layer are discussed.

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P. G. Kovadlo and A. Yu. Shihovtsev "The study of turbulence and optical instability in stably stratified Earth's atmosphere", Proc. SPIE 9680, 21st International Symposium Atmospheric and Ocean Optics: Atmospheric Physics, 968074 (19 November 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2205997

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