Title

Accounting for the Effect of Large-scale Atmospheric Inhomogeneities in Problems of Laser Radiation Propagation Along Long High-altitude Paths

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2014

Publication Source

Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics

Abstract

We show that large-scale atmospheric inhomogeneities observed experimentally can significantly affect optical radiation propagation along long paths, and it is impossible to take into account this effect within the classical turbulence model. We suggest a new algorithm for numerical simulation of laser beam propagation along long low-inclined atmospheric paths with large-scale atmospheric inhomogeneities, which allows one to consider beam refraction and focusing at large-scale inhomogeneities along with beam distortions due to small-scale inhomogeneities and regular refraction in a vertical plane.

Inclusive pages

123–129

ISBN/ISSN

1024-8560

Comments

Permission documentation on file.

Publisher

Pleiades Publishing, Springer Verlag, MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica

Volume

27

Issue

2

Peer Reviewed

yes

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