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Vertical profiles of aerosol and optical turbulence strength and their effects on atmospheric propagation
Norman S. Kopeika, Arkadi Zilberman
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Abstract
On a basis of a multiple-forward-scatter propagation model the atmospheric aerosol contributions to laser beam widening for a horizontal propagation path is estimated and compared with beam widening caused by turbulence. It is shown that the beam widening caused by atmospheric aerosols is significant, often even more significant than that caused by turbulence.