Evaluation of a new instrument for measuring optical turbulence

Robert W. Smith; Ted Corbin

doi:10.1117/12.151058

13 August 1993 Evaluation of a new instrument for measuring optical turbulence

Robert W. Smith, Ted Corbin

Proceedings Volume 1967, Characterization, Propagation, and Simulation of Sources and Backgrounds III; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.151058
Event: Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1993, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

For the past 6 years, the Ft. Belvoir Meteorological Team has used the NOAA Wave Propagation Laboratory developed and Lockheed built path integrated optical scintillometer. This instrument has and continues to serve us well. Through research funding by the Army Test and Evaluation Command we were able to procure a new instrument for the measurement of C_n² which is based on holographic techniques. The 'HOLODAR' was developed by Dove Electronics, Inc. of Rome, N.Y. In this paper we describe the instrument and provide comparison data with the existing Lockheed system. It is our hope that HOLODAR can be used as a calibration reference for optical turbulence measurements.

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Robert W. Smith and Ted Corbin "Evaluation of a new instrument for measuring optical turbulence", Proc. SPIE 1967, Characterization, Propagation, and Simulation of Sources and Backgrounds III, (13 August 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.151058

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