Modelling end Measurement of Atmospheric Turbulence over Land

Abstract

We present a simple model for the structure constant of atmospheric refractive index fluctuations and inner scale valid in the lowest few hundred meters above land. The inputs to the model era standard meteorological parameters plus solar irradiance and parameters characteristic of the local terrain. Results are compared with measurements of refractive index fluctuations and inner scale made with a displaced-beam scintillometer. The results show that the model can predict atmospheric turbulence with good accuracy during daytime.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA637698

Entities

People

  • D. L. Hutt

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Boundary Layer
  • Cloud Cover
  • Clouds
  • Computers
  • Detectors
  • Electronics
  • Equations
  • Heat Energy
  • Latent Heat
  • Measurement
  • National Security
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Optics
  • Radiation
  • Refractive Index
  • Turbulence

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Spectroscopy.