Vol. 32, issue 12, article # 8

Shikhovtsev A. Yu., Kiselev A. V., Kovadlo P. G., Kolobov D. Yu., Lukin V. P., Tomin V. E. The method for determining the altitudes of atmospheric layers with strong turbulence. // Optika Atmosfery i Okeana. 2019. V. 32. No. 12. P. 994–1000. DOI: 10.15372/AOO20191208 [in Russian].
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Abstract:

The modern tasks concerning the methods for recovering the altitude profiles of the atmospheric turbulence are discussed. An alternative method to the Slodar-technique is suggested for determining the altitudes of atmospheric layers characterized by strong turbulence. The method is based on estimation of the space-time crosscovariances between local wavefront slopes on subapertures spaced in the telescope field of view with a known angular displacement of an object observed due to the Sun motion. The turbulence characteristics are estimated for the Large Solar Vacuum Telescope site.

Keywords:

atmospheric turbulence, wavefront, telescope, solar images, profiles of the turbulence

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