OPTICAL INSTABILITY OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE ACCORDING TO STELLAR OBSERVATIONS,

Abstract

The study deals primarily with the problems connected with refraction. The following discussions regarding these problems are discussed in this work: (1) Optical inhomogeneity of the earth's atmosphere. (2) Effect of fluctuations of the refraction index on the propagation of the light waves. (3) Image motion in telescopes. (4) Results of observations of image motion and their analysis. (5) Images motion as a random process. (6) Bead structure of stellar trails and stellar scintillation. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0682665

Entities

People

  • I. G. Kolchinskii

Organizations

  • Aeronautical Chart and Information Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Atmospheres
  • Data Acquisition
  • Instability
  • Observation
  • Refraction
  • Scintillation
  • Telescopes

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects