Methods for Passive Remote Turbulence Characterization in the Planetary Boundary Layer

Abstract

This dissertation presents and compares several methods for measuring turbulence in the atmosphere. This research was motivated by a need to characterize the PBL with respect to its impact on visible-light and IR systems. Turbulence in the PBL limits the capabilities of free-space optical communications, imaging, and High-Energy Laser (HEL) systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 24, 2016
Accession Number
AD1054816

Entities

People

  • Lee R. Burchett

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Birds
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fresnel Zones
  • Information Processing
  • Lasers
  • Meteorology
  • Mobile Phones
  • Physical Theories
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering
  • Three Dimensional
  • Visible Spectra

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology
  • Radio communications and signal processing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Space