| Autor: |
Stephen M. Hammel, Joshua J. Rudiger, John Stephen deGrassie, Brook Baker, Kevin Book |
| Rok vydání: |
2018 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Laser Communication and Propagation through the Atmosphere and Oceans VII. |
| DOI: |
10.1117/12.2323835 |
| Popis: |
An accurate forecast of atmospheric turbulence is needed to characterize the performance of free-space electro-optical systems. Atmospheric turbulence physics is intricate and stochastic and relies on an assortment of assumptions, making modeling difficult to formulate in a rigorous first principles manner. Machine learning (ML) techniques have been shown to parameterize complex relationships in large datasets and are able to more accurately predict response variables than standard regression methods. This study applies machine learning techniques to develop a model that forecasts the refractive index structure parameter, 𝐶𝑛 2. Measurements of 𝐶𝑛 2 were obtained from a field experiment along with meteorological observations. Several machine learning models were created and compared to optical scintillometer output and current atmospheric turbulence models. The ML based models are shown to generate predictions of 𝐶𝑛 2 that are more highly correlated to observed 𝐶𝑛 2 than physics-based formulations. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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