Vertical profiles of the structure parameter of refractive index in the Earth's atmosphere, part 2

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Dec 1987

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In its Vertical Profiles of the Structure Parameter of Refractive Index and the Structure Parameter of Temperature in the Earth'

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Optics

Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Atmospheric Temperature, Atmospheric Turbulence, Nocturnal Variations, Refractivity, Turbulence Effects, Vertical Distribution, Atmospheric Optics, Geostrophic Wind, Scintillation, Space Observations (From Earth), Wind Effects

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The influence of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere on stellar image degradation is discussed. By measuring temperature fluctuations or stellar scintillations the vertical profiles of the structure parameter of refractive index (C sub N)sq can be obtained. Observations show that (C sub N)sq varies from position to position and from time to time. In the first 100 to 200 m above the ground (C sub N)sq is large. Above the boundary layer (C sub N)sq decreases sharply. In the troposphere turbulence is layered; (C sub N)sq generally decreases with height. However, an increase is seen in situations with winds from or towards mountains or near temperature inversions. In the stratosphere (C sub N)sq is small. It is concluded that the lower troposphere is most responsible for phase fluctuations causing image movement and image blurring, whereas the tropopause region seems to be more responsible for amplitude fluctuations causing scintillation.

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