OPTICAL PROPAGATION IN A NEAR-EARTH ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

This report describes optical measurements of the magnitude of scintillation as a function of the range and refractive index structure coefficient. The results are compared with the Tatarski and deWolf geometrical optics saturation equations. In addition, a variation in the Kolmogorov turbulence model is suggested to account for certain observed optical and meteorological parameters.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0681905

Entities

People

  • Paul H. Deitz

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Coefficients
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Equations
  • Filters
  • Helium Neon Lasers
  • Intensity
  • Inversion
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Optical Filters
  • Photographs
  • Refractive Index
  • Ruby Lasers
  • Temperature Inversion
  • Turbulence
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.