Variations in atmospheric refractive index associated with ground-based turbulence at the Mauna Kea Observatory

D. Andre Erasmus

doi:10.1364/MO.1986.ThB7

Topical Meeting on Meteorological Optics
Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1986),
paper ThB7
•https://doi.org/10.1364/MO.1986.ThB7

Variations in atmospheric refractive index associated with ground-based turbulence at the Mauna Kea Observatory

D. Andre Erasmus

Meteorological Optics 1986

Honolulu, Hawaii United States
3–4 April 1986
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Abstract

Horizontal and vertical variations in the refractive index structure parameter (C_n2) within the surface boundary layer in the Mauna Kea summit area are quantified. The contribution of ground-based turbulence to the value of C_n² integrated through the entire atmosphere is determined.

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