Measurement and data-processing approach for estimating the spatial statistics of turbulence-induced index of refraction fluctuations in the upper atmosphere

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1863-1871

  Brown, Wade W ^a   Roggemann, Michael C ^a   Schulz, Timothy J ^a   Havens, Timothy C ^a   Beyer, Jeff T ^a   Otten, L John ^b  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b Kestrel Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; DATA REDUCTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

SPATIAL POWER SPECTRUM;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

EID: 0000696655     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.001863     Document Type: Article

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