Generalized atmospheric turbulence MTF for wave propagating through non-Kolmogorov turbulence

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 21269-21283

  Cui, Lin Yan ^a   Xue, Bin Dang ^a   Cao, Xiao Guang ^a   Dong, Jian Kang ^b   Wang, Jie Ning ^b  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CIVIL AVIATION UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

GENERAL SPECTRAL; GENERALIZED SPECTRUM; HORIZONTAL PATH; INNER SCALE; KOLMOGOROV SPECTRUM; KOLMOGOROV TURBULENCE; OPTICAL PLANES; OUTER SCALE; POWER LAW; SPECTRUM MODEL; SPHERICAL WAVES; TURBULENCE MODULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OPTICS; PHOTOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS;

EID: 77957986189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.021269     Document Type: Article

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