Results from SCIDAR experiments

Vince A. Klueckers; Nicholas J. Wooder; Miles A. Adcock; Thomas W. Nicholls; Christopher Dainty

doi:10.1117/12.254171

14 October 1996 Results from SCIDAR experiments

Vince A. Klueckers, Nicholas J. Wooder, Miles A. Adcock, Thomas W. Nicholls, Christopher Dainty

Proceedings Volume 2828, Image Propagation through the Atmosphere; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.254171
Event: SPIE's 1996 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1996, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

We demonstrate that by using the remote turbulence profiling method of scintillation detection and ranging (SCIDAR) one is able to determine both the optical strength of turbulence and the velocity of the turbulent layers, as a function of altitude. The technique of generalized SCIDAR, which allows low level turbulence to be characterized, is also outlined and demonstrated. Preliminary results obtained from SCIDAR observing runs at La Palma, Canary Is., are discussed.

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Vince A. Klueckers, Nicholas J. Wooder, Miles A. Adcock, Thomas W. Nicholls, and Christopher Dainty "Results from SCIDAR experiments", Proc. SPIE 2828, Image Propagation through the Atmosphere, (14 October 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.254171

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