Verification of the bulk model for calculations of the overwater index of refraction structure function, CN²

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Davidson, Kenneth L.
Schacher, Gordon Everett
Fairall, Christopher W.
Spiel, D.E.
Crittenden, Eugene Casson, Jr.
Milne, Edmund Alexander
Date
1980-07Metadata
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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.
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Prepared for: Naval Environmental Prediction Research Facility, Monterey, California 93940