Theoretical spatiotemporal analysis of angle of arrival induced by atmospheric turbulence as observed with the grating scale monitor experiment

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3070-3082

  Tokovinin, Andrey ^b   Ziad, Aziz ^a   Borgnino, Julien ^a   Martin, François ^a   Agabi, Abdelkrim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 1942433425     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.003070     Document Type: Article

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