Laboratory Verification of the Optical Turbulence Sensor (OTS): Particulate Volume Scattering Function and Turbulence Properties of the Flow

Abstract

Our goal is an extensive tank validation of the Optical Turbulence Sensor (OTS). This sensor uses a Hartman optical wavefront sensor to determine turbulence characteristics and to characterize the particulate field. The OTS has recently undergone successful field testing. The ocean trials indicate that the OTS surpasses in many ways current microstructure based instruments to quantify turbulence. Furthermore, it is able to measure particles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2007
Accession Number
ADA570902

Entities

People

  • Darek J. Bogucki

Organizations

  • University of Miami

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Data Processing
  • Dissipation
  • Flow
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Measurement
  • Microstructure
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Particulates
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Scattering
  • Sedimentation
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Turbulence
  • Validation
  • Verification
  • Wavefronts

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics