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Field Guide to Atmospheric Optics

By Larry C. Andrews

Book information

Publisher
SPIE Publications
Year
2004
ISBN
0819453188, 9780819453181
LCC
QC975.2 .A54 2004
Open Library ID
OL3302071M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2061064 bytes)
Series
SPIE Vol. FG02
Pages
112\108
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05
Науки о Земле;Метеорология и климатология;Физико-х

Description

The material in this Field Guide includes a review of classical Kolmogorov turbulence theory, Gaussian-beam waves in free space, and atmospheric effects on a propagating optical wave. These atmospheric effects have great importance in a variety of applications like imaging, free space optical communications, laser radar, and remote sensing. This Guide presents tractable mathematical models from which the practitioner can readily determine beam spreading, beam wander, spatial coherence radius (Fried's parameter), angle of arrival fluctuations, scintillation, aperture averaging effects, fade probabilities, bit error-rates, and enhanced backscatter effects, among others.

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