Interferometric seeing measurements on Mt. Wilson: Power spectra and outer scales

Applied Optics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1081-1096

  Buscher, D F ^a,b   Armstrong, J T ^a,b   Hummel, C A ^a,b   Quirrenbach, A ^a,b   Mozurkewich, D ^a,c   Johnston, K J ^a,c   Denison, C S ^a,d   Colavita, M M ^e   Shao, M ^e  

^a US NAVAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b Naval Research Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SFA INC   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; PHASE FLUCTUATIONS; POWER SPECTRA;

USA, MOUNT WILSON;

ASTRONOMY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

MARK III INTERFEROMETER; POWER SPECTRA;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0029415525     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.34.001081     Document Type: Article

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