Optical resolution in the turbulent atmosphere of the marine boundary layer

Abstract

The effects of atmospheric turbulence on the performance of imagers and beam projection systems have been found to be well expressed in terms of a model for the modulation transfer function (MTF) depending on the wavelength, range, and a properly path-position weighted value of c£ , the turbulence structure constant for optical index. The short-term average and long-term MTF and image wander (wave front tilt) can be predicted in the above parameters in most cases . For non-Kolmogorov turbulence...