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@ARTICLE{vandeBoer:171811,
author = {van de Boer, A. and Moene, A. F. and Graf, A. and Simmer,
C. and Holtslag, A. A. M.},
title = {{E}stimation of the refractive index structure parameter
from single-level daytime routine weather data},
journal = {Applied optics},
volume = {53},
number = {26},
issn = {1539-4522},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {Optical Soc. of America},
reportid = {FZJ-2014-05373},
pages = {5944-5960},
year = {2014},
abstract = {Atmospheric scintillations cause difficulties for
applications where an undistorted propagation of
electromagneticradiation is essential. These scintillations
are related to turbulent fluctuations of temperatureand
humidity that are in turn related to surface heat fluxes. We
developed an approach that quantifiesthese scintillations by
estimating Cn2 from surface fluxes that are derived from
single-level routineweather data. In contrast to previous
methods that are biased to dry and warm air, our method is
directlyapplicable to several land surface types,
environmental conditions, wavelengths, and
measurementheights (lookup tables for a limited number of
site-specific parameters are provided). The approach
allowsfor an efficient evaluation of the performance of,
e.g., infrared imaging systems, laser geodetic systems,and
ground-to-satellite optical communication systems.We tested
our approach for two grass fieldsin central and southern
Europe, and for a wheat field in central Europe. Although
there are uncertaintiesin the flux estimates, the impact on
Cn2 is shown to be rather small. The Cn2 daytime estimates
agreewell with values determined from eddy covariance
measurements for the application to the three
fields.However, some adjustments were needed for the
approach for the grass in southern Europe becauseof
non-negligible boundary-layer processes that occur in
addition to surface-layer processes. © 2014Optical Society
of America},
cin = {IBG-3},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118},
pnm = {246 - Modelling and Monitoring Terrestrial Systems: Methods
and Technologies (POF2-246) / 255 - Terrestrial Systems:
From Observation to Prediction (POF3-255) / DFG project
139819005 - Links between local scale and catchment scale
measurements and modelling of gas exchange processes over
land surfaces (139819005) / DFG project 15232683 - TRR 32:
Muster und Strukturen in
Boden-Pflanzen-Atmosphären-Systemen: Erfassung,
Modellierung und Datenassimilation (15232683)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF2-246 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-255 /
G:(GEPRIS)139819005 / G:(GEPRIS)15232683},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000341645200015},
doi = {10.1364/AO.53.005944},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/171811},
}