Frequency correlation of atmospheric scintillation
Abstract
The authors present the results of measurements of the correlation of scintillations of two colors of light made in the turbulent atmosphere. In strong path-integrated turbulence, the correlation is below that predicted by the weak-turbulence theory. A simple theoretical approximation is used to account for saturation effects. The simple theory provides a reasonable approximation to the data. Thus, they conclude that saturation effects reduce the frequency correlation of atmospheric scintillation.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- July 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991STIN...9216167C
- Keywords:
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- Approximation;
- Atmospheric Optics;
- Atmospheric Turbulence;
- Frequencies;
- Light Transmission;
- Scintillation;
- Spectral Correlation;
- Atmospheric Attenuation;
- Color;
- Turbulence Effects;
- Wave Propagation;
- Communications and Radar