Toward increasing the accuracy and realism of future optical turbulence calculations

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 159-164

  Tunick, A ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENCE;

EID: 27744578673     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-004-0091-x     Document Type: Article

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