Improved detection of atmospheric turbulence with SLODAR

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 14844-14860

  Goodwin, Michael ^a   Jenkins, Charles ^a   Lambert, Andrew ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIRRORS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

GROUND-LAYER TURBULENCE; NOMINAL HEIGHT RESOLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 35948974805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.014844     Document Type: Article

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