Title

Near-Ground Vertical Profile Of Refractive-Index Fluctuations

Keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; C profile n 2

Abstract

The most commonly used altitude-dependent model for refractive index fluctuations, over long high-altitude slant paths or ground/space links, is the Hufnagel-Valley model. For the near-ground turbulence portion of the path, this model uses an exponential decay term suggested by Valley to connect ground level turbulence with the original Hufnagel model which was constructed for turbulence above 3 km. However, it has long been observed that refractive-index fluctuations in the first few hundred meters near the ground decrease with altitude raised to the -4/3 power rather than exponentially. Recent and some earlier measurements of refractive-index fluctuations are presented in this paper along with a theoretical modification of the Hufnagel model to account for low-altitude turbulence exhibiting this power-law behavior. © 2009 SPIE.

Publication Date

9-14-2009

Publication Title

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volume

7324

Number of Pages

-

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.820369

Socpus ID

69949142896 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/69949142896

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