Abstract

Measurements of atmospheric turbulence along a path can be quantified by scintillometers and differential image motion monitors (DIMMs). The two instruments often measure different levels of turbulence, sometimes varying by nearly an order of magnitude. A high-fidelity numerical simulation was leveraged to assess the measurement performance of both a scintillometer and a DIMM system. When a non-ideal detector is combined with range-dependent turbulence, significant differences between the scintillometer and DIMM are observed. The difference in measurements obtained with the numerically simulated scintillometer and DIMM was consistent with those observed in side-by-side measurements with the instruments.

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