DocumentCode
914435
Title
Measurement of the average structural characteristic of the atmospheric refractive index
Author
Kazarian, Raphael A. ; Gurvich, A.S. ; Manucharian, Rolan G. ; Vartanian, Edward S.
Author_Institution
Yerevan State University, Yerevan, U.S.S.R.
Volume
58
Issue
10
fYear
1970
Firstpage
1546
Lastpage
1547
Abstract
Measurements of the square of the structure constant of the atmospheric refractive index averaged over a 25-km propagation path are presented. The daily behavior of this parameter Cn 2for 4 days in July, 1969, are shown. The measured values are in the range from 0.5 to 4×10-17cm-2/3.
Keywords
Atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Band pass filters; Extraterrestrial measurements; Fluctuations; Laser beams; Lenses; Optical propagation; Optical scattering; Refractive index;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Proceedings of the IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9219
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/PROC.1970.7978
Filename
1449908
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