Turbulence statistics applied to calculate expected turbulence-induced scintillation effects on electro-optical systems in different climate regions

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5891, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-12

  Weiss Wrana, Karin R ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aperture averaging; Atmospheric turbulence; FSO system; Scintillation index; Scintillometer; Structure parameter of index of refraction c n2

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLIMATOLOGY; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

APERTURE AVERAGING; FREE-SPACE OPTICAL (FSO) SYSTEM; SCINTILLOMETER;

SCINTILLATION;

EID: 29344446616     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.618308     Document Type: Conference Paper

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