Radar and aircraft observations of a layer of strong refractivity turbulence

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3381, Issue , 1998, Pages 230-238

  Eaton, Frank D ^a   Nastrom, Gregory D ^b   Masson, Bruce ^a   Hahn, Ila ^a   McCrae, Kimberley ^a   Nowlin, Scott R ^a   Berkopec, Timothy ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MZA Associates Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft observations; Persistent layers; Refractive index structure parameter; Turbulent atmospheric layers; VHF radar observations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; STATISTICAL OPTICS;

RADAR OBSERVATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX STRUCTURE PARAMETER; REFRACTIVITY TURBULENCE;

RADAR ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0001532608     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.323944     Document Type: Conference Paper

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