Passive optical monitor for atmospheric turbulence and windspeed

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5160, Issue , 2003, Pages 422-431

  Stell, M F ^a   Moore, C I ^b   Burris, H R ^a   Suite, M R ^b   Vilcheck, M J ^b   Davis, M A ^c   Mahon, R ^d   Oh, E ^b   Rabinovich, W S ^b   Gilbreath, G C ^b   Scharpf, W J ^b   Reed, A E ^b  

^a RESEARCH SUPPORT INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HONEYWELL   (United States)

^d TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Angle of arrival fluctuations; Atmospheric turbulence; C n 2; Free space lasercomm; Scintillation

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ARRIVAL FLUCTUATIONS; CN2; FREE SPACE LASERCOM; WIND SPEED;

DISPLAY DEVICES; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL LINKS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCINTILLATION; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 16544385450     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.508051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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