The Aggregate Behavior of Branch Points - A Proposal for an Atmospheric Turbulence Layer Sensor: Postprint

Abstract

We propose a sensor that measures the number, strength, altitude and velocity of atmospheric turbulence layers. Recent research has shown that pupil plane branch points contain four independent and measureable parameters and that these four parameters can be used to estimate four independent turbulence layer parameters--number, strength, altitude and velocity--for each atmospheric turbulence layer. Here, we summarized previous results and then demonstrate how these results allow for construction of a turbulence layer sensor.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA536183

Entities

People

  • Carolyn M. Tewksbury-christle
  • Darryl J. Sanchez
  • Denis W. Oesch
  • Patrick R. Kelly

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adaptive Optics
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Altitude
  • Amplitude
  • Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Deformable Mirrors
  • Delta Functions
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Mirrors
  • Observatories
  • Optics
  • Polarity
  • Power Spectra
  • Turbulence

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers