Comparing horizontal path Cn2 measurements over 0.6 km in the tropical littoral environment and in the desert

Mark P. J. L. Chang; Carlos O. Font; G. Charmaine Gilbreath; Eun Oh; Emi Distefano; Sergio Restaino; Christopher Wilcox; Freddie Santiago

doi:10.1117/12.718257

4 May 2007 Comparing horizontal path C²_n measurements over 0.6 km in the tropical littoral environment and in the desert

Mark P. J. L. Chang, Carlos O. Font, G. Charmaine Gilbreath, Eun Oh, Emi Distefano, Sergio Restaino, Christopher Wilcox, Freddie Santiago

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Proceedings Volume 6551, Atmospheric Propagation IV; 65510I (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.718257
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2007, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

We have measured the optical turbulence structure parameter, C²_n, in two extremely different locations: the first being the littoral region on the southwest coast of Puerto Rico. The second location is over the dry desert in central New Mexico. In both cases, the horizontal beam paths are approximately 0.6 km long, within 2 meters of the local surface (Puerto Rico) and varying between 2 to 100 meters (New Mexico). We present our findings from the two datasets.

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Mark P. J. L. Chang, Carlos O. Font, G. Charmaine Gilbreath, Eun Oh, Emi Distefano, Sergio Restaino, Christopher Wilcox, and Freddie Santiago "Comparing horizontal path C²_n measurements over 0.6 km in the tropical littoral environment and in the desert", Proc. SPIE 6551, Atmospheric Propagation IV, 65510I (4 May 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.718257

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