Measurement of surface layer turbulence above AMOS

Temperature fluctuations in the atmosphere severely limit the angular resolution of earth bound observation facilities to around 1 arcsecond. This corresponds to an effective, coherent, aperture size of 10 cm even though the telescope may have a 2-4 m primary mirror. Understanding the spatial and te...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mattingly, Timothy Scott
Other Authors: Walters, Donald L.
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/43780