Folding of the vertical atmospheric turbulence profile using an optical technique of movable observing plane

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2222, Issue , 1994, Pages 682-692

  Fuchs, Alain ^a   Tallon, Michel ^a   Vernin, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; OPTICAL ENGINEERING; REMOTE SENSING;

GROUND LEVEL; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LOW ALTITUDES; OPTICAL BENCH; OPTICAL COMBINATION; OPTICAL TECHNIQUE; TURBULENCE PROFILING; TURBULENT LAYER;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 85076624504     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.178041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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