Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 1977
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977icar...30..531h&link_type=abstract
Icarus, vol. 30, Mar. 1977, p. 531-550.
Physics
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Atmospheric Turbulence, Light Scattering, Planetary Atmospheres, Stellar Occultation, Turbulence Effects, Atmospheric Models, Heuristic Methods, Light Curve, Luminous Intensity, Screen Effect
Scientific paper
Effects of atmospheric turbulence on stellar-occultation inversion procedures are investigated using a heuristic scattering model that is believed to reproduce the essential features of turbulence. A quantitative estimate is made of the size of the error in deducing the mean refractivity profile of a planetary atmosphere, taking into account constant as well as exponential scattering. It is shown that ordinary turbulence has no important effect on the average intensity profile in a stellar occultation but could have an important instantaneous effect. A critical examination of possible manifestations of turbulent scattering during occultations of Beta Sco by Jupiter indicates that all observed phenomena during these events can be understood in terms of scintillations produced by turbulence.
Hubbard William B.
Jokipii Randy J.
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