Profiling a low, horizontal path with SMASH

Denis W. Oesch; Mike S. Sexauer; Shyheim N. Afanador; Melissa K. Beason; David M. Kirby; Stephen A. Shock

doi:10.1117/12.2674499

3 October 2023 Profiling a low, horizontal path with SMASH

Denis W. Oesch, Mike S. Sexauer, Shyheim N. Afanador, Melissa K. Beason, David M. Kirby, Stephen A. Shock

Proceedings Volume 12693, Unconventional Imaging, Sensing, and Adaptive Optics 2023; 126930M (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2674499
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2023, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Knowledge of the atmospheric conditions along an optical path is crucial to many experiments. A technique using differential scintillations was adapted for the Small Mobile Atmospheric Sensing Hartmann (SMASH) system to estimate proles of the refractive-index structure constant, C²_n(z), and the wind speed. Estimates of those parameters from data taken along a 1 km horizontal path over level ground at a height of about five feet at Kirtland AFB is presented. Five sonic anemometers, placed along the path, serve as an independent estimate of the turbulence conditions with which to evaluate SMASH's performance.

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Denis W. Oesch, Mike S. Sexauer, Shyheim N. Afanador, Melissa K. Beason, David M. Kirby, and Stephen A. Shock "Profiling a low, horizontal path with SMASH", Proc. SPIE 12693, Unconventional Imaging, Sensing, and Adaptive Optics 2023, 126930M (3 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2674499

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