Preliminary Work in Atmospheric Turbulence Profiles with the Differential Multi-image Motion Monitor

Abstract

This report provides the background to anisoplanatic jitter and how that relates to Zernike tilt covariance and ultimately the C2n path profile. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific's (SSC Pacific) Optical Channel Characterization in Maritime Atmospheres (OCCIMA) Python code is demonstrated with examples that match prior work from past experiments with anisoplanatic jitter. A new experiment using a dual imaging system instead of a single imaging system is presented. And finally, this report demonstrates how to estimate the C2N profile given jitter measurements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1017442

Entities

People

  • Kristopher B. Gibson

Organizations

  • Naval Information Warfare Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Covariance
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diameters
  • Geometry
  • Governments
  • Measurement
  • Naval Warfare
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index
  • Turbulence
  • United States Government
  • Warfare
  • Wave Propagation
  • Weighting Functions
  • Wind Velocity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Medical Imaging.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Space