Verification of the bulk model for calculations of the overwater index of refraction structure function, CN²
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Authors
Davidson, Kenneth L.
Schacher, Gordon Everett
Fairall, Christopher W.
Spiel, D.E.
Crittenden, Eugene Casson, Jr.
Milne, Edmund Alexander
Subjects
Refraction structure function
bulk model
optical propagation
bulk model
optical propagation
Advisors
Date of Issue
1980-07
Date
July 1980
Publisher
Language
Abstract
Overwater measurements of mean and fluctuating parameters
have been made coincident with optical scintillation
measurements. These data have been used to verify the NPS
bulk aerodynamic model for calculating the index of refraction
structure function, CN²· The average disagreement
between calculated and measured values was 33% verifying the
validity of the model. IR measured sea surface temperatures
cannot be used in the model and this is discussed.
Type
Technical Report
Description
Prepared for: Naval Environmental Prediction Research Facility, Monterey, California 93940
Series/Report No
Department
Physics
Organization
BDM Corporation
Optical Propagation Group
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS61-80-016
Sponsors
Funder
Format
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Rights
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.