Comparing Horizontal Path C2n Measurements over 0.6 km in the Tropical Littoral Environment and in the Desert

Abstract

We have measured the optical turbulence structure parameter, C2n, in two extremely different locations: the first being the littoral region on the southwest coast of Puerto Rico. The second location is over the dry desert in central New Mexico. In both cases, the horizontal beam paths are approximately 0.6 km long, within 2 meters of the local surface (Puerto Rico) and varying between 2 to 100 meters (New Mexico). We present our findings from the two datasets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA472218

Entities

People

  • Carlos O. Font
  • Christopher Wilcox
  • Emi Distefano
  • Eun Oh
  • Freddie Santiago
  • G. Charmaine Gilbreath
  • Mark P. Chang
  • Sergio Restaino

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Amplitude
  • Distribution Functions
  • Environment
  • Floating Platforms
  • Frequency
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Modulation
  • New Mexico
  • Order Statistics
  • Probability
  • Probability Distribution Functions
  • Probability Distributions
  • Puerto Rico
  • Spectra
  • Statistics

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  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Oceanography.
  • Urban Planning and Geography.