Statistical analysis of optical turbulence intensity over a 2.33 km propagation path

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3619-3628

  Tunick, Arnold ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CORRELATION VALUES; FREE-SPACE LASER COMMUNICATIONS; OPTICAL TURBULENCE; SCINTILLOMETER DATA;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 34147138284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.003619     Document Type: Article

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