The aggregate behavior of branch points- Altitude and strength of atmospheric turbulence layers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7816, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Oesch, Denis W ^a   Sanchez, Darryl J ^b   Tewksbury Christle, Carolyn M ^b   Kelly, Patrick R ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Atmosphere; Branch points; Density; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE BEHAVIOR; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC SIMULATIONS; BRANCH POINTS; DENSITY; DIRECTED ENERGY; LABORATORY TEST; PUPIL PLANES; STARFIRE OPTICAL RANGE; TURBULENCE LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; WAVEFRONTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 77958001370     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.859454     Document Type: Conference Paper

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