Journal of Atmospheric and Environmental Optics, Volume. 18, Issue 2, 99(2023)
Estimation of refractive index structure constant profile at high altitude in Gobi area based on meteorological rocket sounding data
GENG Dan1,*... ZHAO Zengliang2, FAN Zhiqiang2, WU Zuowei1, LI Dongyang1 and ZHANG Xiangxing1
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1Unit 63611 of PLA, Korla841000, China2Beijing Institute of Applied Meteorology, Beijing 100029, Chinashow less
Atmospheric optical turbulence seriously affects the normol operation of optical systems. The acquisition of the profile of atmospheric refractive index structure constant is the basis for calculating the effect of atmospheric turbulence, however, the research of the refractive index structure constant profile is usually under 30 km presently. In order to study the profile on higher altitude, the profile in Gobi area is estimated in two parts taking 30 km as the boundary based on the conventional meteorology parameters obtained from meteorological rocket sounding, and regarding to the the profile above 30 km, Tatarskii optical turbulence parameterization scheme and outer scale model HMNSP99 are used tentatively. The results show that under 30 km, the magnitude order and changing trend of estimated are consistent with those of historical data, and at the altitude above 30 km, assuming that the homogenous and isotropic turbulence is satisfied, the estimated decreases steadliy with the increase of altitude, with the average magnitude order decreasing from 10-20 to 10-23. Because of the lack of basic theory about turbulence, the estimation of above 30 km in this work is tentative, however, it provides another idea and reference for further understanding the characteristics of the profile above the stratosphere.