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Wave propagation in a turbulent medium

Title
Wave propagation in a turbulent medium / V.I. Tatarskiĭ, translated from the Russian by R.A. Silverman.
Author
Tatarskiĭ, V. I. (Valerʹi︠a︡n Ilʹich)
Publication
New York, McGraw-Hill, 1961.

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Additional Authors
Silverman, R. A.
Description
285 pages illustrations; 26 cm
Uniform Title
Teorii︠a︡ fluktuat︠s︡ionnykh i︠a︡vleniĭ. English
Alternative Title
Teorii︠a︡ fluktuat︠s︡ionnykh i︠a︡vleniĭ.
Subject
  • Wave-motion, Theory of
  • Atmospheric turbulence
  • Golven (algemeen, natuurkunde)
  • Transportverschijnselen
  • Turbulentie
  • Ondes électromagnétiques > Propagation
  • Turbulence
  • Authorship > Style manuals
Note
  • Translation of [Teorii︠a︡ fluktuat︠s︡ionnykh i︠a︡vleniĭ]
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliography.
Contents
  • METHODS FOR STATISTICAL DESCRIPTION OF CONTINUOUS RANDOM FIELDS: Stationary random functions -- Random functions with stationary increments -- Homogeneous and isotropic random fields -- Locally homogeneous and isotropic random fields -- THE MICROSTRUCTURE OF TURBULENT FLOW: Onset and development of turbulence -- Structure functions of the velocity field in developed turbulent flow -- Spectrum of the velocity field in turbulent flow -- MICROSTRUCTURE OF THE CONCENTRATION OF A CONSERVATIVE PASSIVE ADDITIVE IN A TURBULENT FLOW: Turbulent mixing of conservative passive additives -- Structure functions and spectral functions of the field of a conservative passive additive in a turbulent flow -- Locally isotropic turbulence with smoothly varying mean characteristics -- Microstructure of the refractive index in a turbulent flow -- SCATTERING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES IN THE TURBULENT ATMOSPEERE: Solution of Maxwell's equations -- The mean intensity of scattering -- Scattering by inhomogeneous turbulence -- Analysis of various scattering theories -- Evaluation of the size of refractive index fluctuations from data on the scattering of radio waves in the troposphere -- THE SCATTERING OF SOUND WAVES IN A LOCALLY ISOTROPIC TURBULENT FLOW -- SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF AMPLITUDE AND PHASE FLUCTUATIONS OF A PLANE MONOCHROMATIC WAVE BY USING THE EQUATIONS OF GEOMETRICAL OPTICS: Derivation and solution of the equations of geometrical optics -- The structure function and the spectrum of the phase fluctuations of the wave -- Solution of the equations of geometrical optics by using spectral expansions -- Amplitude and phase fluctuations of a wave propagating in a locally isotropic turbulent flow -- A consequence of the law of conservation of energy -- Amplitude and phase fluctuations of sound waves -- Limits of applicability of geometrical optica --
  • CALCULATION OF AMPLITUDE AND PHASE FLUCTUATIONS OF A PLANE MONOCHROMATIC WAVE FROM THE WAVE EQUATION USING THE METHODS OF "SMALL" AND "SMOOTH" PERTURBATIONS: Solution of the wave equation by the method of small perturbations -- The equations of the method of smooth perturbations -- Solution of the equations of the method of "smooth" perturbations by using spectral expansions -- Qualitative analysis of the solutions -- Amplitude and phase fluctuations of a wave propagating in a locally isotropic turbulent medium -- Relation between amplitude and phase fluctuations and wave scattering -- PARAMETER FLUCTUATIONS OF A WAVE PROPAGATING IN A TURBULENT MEDIUM WITH SMOOTBLY VARYING CRARACTERISTICS -- AMPLITUDE FLUCTUATIONS OF A SPHERICAL WAVE -- EMPIRICAL DATA ON FLUCTUATIONS OF TEMPERATURE AND WIND VELOCITY IN THE LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE NEAR THE EARTH AND IN THE LOWER TROPOSPHERE: EXPERIMENTAL DATA ON TEE AMPLITUDE AND PHASE FLUCTUATIONS OF SOUND WAVES PROPAGATING IN THE LAYER OF TRE ATMOSPHERE NEAR THE EARTH -- EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE SCINTILLATION OF TERRESTRIAL LIGHT SOURCES: The probability distribution function of the fluctuations of light intensity -- Dependence of the amount of scintillation on the distance and on the meteorological conditions -- The correlation function of the fluctuations of light intensity in the plane perpendicular to the ray -- Frequency spectra of the fluctuations of the logarithm of the light intensity (theory) -- Frequency spectrum of fluctuations of light intensity (experimental results) -- TWINKLING AND QUIVERING OF STELLAR IMAGES IN TELESCOPES.
LCCN
60015763
OCLC
  • ocm01881459
  • 1881459
  • SCSB-1969284
Owning Institutions
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