Abstract

A triple-beam interferometer has been used to determine the transverse-distance dependence of the phase fluctuations for short, near-ground horizontal propagation paths on a meteorologically instrumented range for typical-day turbulence conditions. Experimental results are compared with the predictions of the $\frac{2}{3}$-power law; it is found that the unmodified Obukhov–Kolmogorov theory does not describe the results correctly, and a considerably lower value for the exponent is observed.

© 1971 Optical Society of America

Determination of Atmospherically Induced Phase Fluctuations by Long–Distance Interferometry at 6328 Å*

R. G. Buser and G. K. Born
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 60(8) 1079-1084 (1970)

Wave Structure Function and Mutual Coherence Function of an Optical Wave in a Turbulent Atmosphere

R. F. Lutomirski and H. T. Yura
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 61(4) 482-487 (1971)

Behavior of the Refractive-Index-Structure Parameter near the Ground*

J. C. Wyngaard, Y. Izumi, and Stuart A. Collins
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 61(12) 1646-1650 (1971)

Phase Variations in Atmospheric Optical Propagation

S. F. Clifford, G. M. B. Bouricius, G. R. Ochs, and Margot H. Ackley
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 61(10) 1279-1284 (1971)

Temporal-Frequency Spectra for a Spherical Wave Propagating through Atmospheric Turbulence

S. F. Clifford
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 61(10) 1285-1292 (1971)