Verification of the bulk method for calculating overwater optical turbulence
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Davidson, K.L.
Schacher, G.E.
Fairall, C.W.
Goroch, A.K.
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1981-09
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1981-09
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A two-week overwater experiment has been performed to verify the bulk aerodynamic method for calculating
the index of refraction structure function parameter, C2N. Meteorological data were obtained on shipboard
adjacent to a 13-km optical path over Monterey Bay. Model CQ and measured C2N values agree to
within 33% on the average when there is spatial homogeneity. During periods of strong sea-surface temperature
gradients, disagreements by a factor of 10 are common.
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Applied Optics, Volume 20, No. 17, pp. 2919-2924 (September 1981)
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Environmental Physics Group
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.