Abstract
The coherence length for propagation of radiation through a turbulent medium is a measure of the phase distortion of the wave by the turbulence. It is expressed in terms of an integral over the propagation path of the atmospheric refractive-index structure constant . For a commonly used parametrization of dependence of on height, this integral is evaluated analytically.
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