Optical resolution in the turbulent atmosphere of the marine boundary layer

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Author
Land, D. G.
Katz, B.
Crittenden, Eugene Casson
Cooper, Alfred William Madison
Milne, Edmund Alexander
Rodeback, George Wayne
Armstead, Robert Louis
Kalmback, Sydney Hobart
Date
1978-02Metadata
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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...