Estimating turbulence profiles in the atmosphere

Rachel A. Johnston; Richard G. Lane

doi:10.1117/12.409284

16 November 2000 Estimating turbulence profiles in the atmosphere

Rachel A. Johnston, Richard G. Lane

Proceedings Volume 4123, Image Reconstruction from Incomplete Data; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.409284
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2000, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Atmospheric turbulence severely degrades the quality and resolution of images captured by ground based telescopes. Although multiconjugate adaptive optics systems have the potential to compensate over a wide field of view they require characterization of the 3D structure of the atmosphere. Many of the existing remote sensing techniques that analyze scintillation measurements are restricted to binary star measurements, due to the ill-conditioning of the corresponding single star problem. In this paper we discuss the possibility of measuring the turbulent layers in the atmosphere using scintillation measurements made from a single star.

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Rachel A. Johnston and Richard G. Lane "Estimating turbulence profiles in the atmosphere", Proc. SPIE 4123, Image Reconstruction from Incomplete Data, (16 November 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.409284

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