Characterization of atmospheric optical turbulence for laser propagation

Laser and Photonics Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 144-159

  Mahalov, Alex ^a   Moustaoui, Mohamed ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric optical turbulence; High resolution numerical simulations and modeling; Imaging and transmission systems

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; FIELD DATA; GRIDDING; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION NUMERICAL SIMULATION; INHOMOGENEITIES; JET STREAMS; KOLMOGOROV; LAMINATED STRUCTURES; LASER PROPAGATION; LOCAL DISTRIBUTIONS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTICAL LAYERS; OPTICAL TURBULENCE; OPTICAL WAVES; PARAMETRIZATIONS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; PRESSURE VARIATIONS; RANDOM FLUCTUATION; REFRACTIVE-INDEX STRUCTURE CONSTANT; SHEAR INSTABILITY; STRATIFIED TURBULENCE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THIN LAYERS; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; TURBULENT EDDY; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL GRADIENTS; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION; WAVEBREAKING;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ATMOSPHERICS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRANSMISSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 73349101550     PISSN: 18638880     EISSN: 18638899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.200910002     Document Type: Article

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