Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2004 · 23 citations · 3 references
Natural SciencesOcean EngineeringOceanographyOcean ModelingOpticsPhysical OceanographyAtmospheric OpticsBoundary-layer StructureOcean TurbulenceOptical FlowTurbulenceTurbulent FlowMarine Atmospheric Boundary LayerNear-surface ModelingNear-surface TurbulencePropagation Over LandPropagation Over SeaSimilarity TheoryTurbulence Closure ModelsTurbulence Modelling
The U.S. Navy has an interest in the use of laser systems for surface ships. Such systems must operate within a thin near-surface environment called the marine atmospheric surface layer. There exist substantial gradients in temperature and momentum within this layer which make turbulence a strong function of height. We are interested in robust and simple optical turbulence models that can be used to predict turbulence along near-horizontal paths. We discuss several different models that are based upon similarity theory, and we compare the models with field transmission data taken from both over-water and over-land propagation paths.
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