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Accurate characterization of atmospheric optical turbulence is essential for evaluating astronomical sites and optimizing adaptive optics systems. The Multistar Turbulence Monitor (MTM) infers the vertical distribution of the…

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Atmospheric optical turbulence (OT) monitoring is crucial for site characterisation at astronomical observatories and optical communications ground stations. The Shack-Hartmann Image Motion Monitor (SHIMM) instrument implements a fast,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-29 Ryan Griffiths , Timothy Butterley , Richard Wilson , James Osborn

We introduce a novel technique to mitigate the adverse effects of atmospheric turbulence on astronomical imaging. Utilizing a video-to-image neural network trained on simulated data, our method processes a sliding sequence of short-exposure…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-09 Spencer Bialek , Emmanuel Bertin , Sébastien Fabbro , Hervé Bouy , Jean-Pierre Rivet , Olivier Lai , Jean-Charles Cuillandre

We performed a series of three-dimensional numerical simulations of supersonic homogeneous Euler turbulence with adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) and effective grid resolution up to 1024^3 zones. Our experiments describe non-magnetized driven…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Alexei G. Kritsuk , Michael L. Norman , Paolo Padoan

In this contribution we evaluate the impact of filtering techniques in enhancing the accuracy of forecasts of optical turbulence and atmospheric parameters critical for ground-based telescopes. These techniques make use of the data…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-22 A. Turchi , G. Martelloni , E. Masciadri

We present a feasibility study for a high frame rate, short baseline auroral tomographic imaging system useful for estimating parametric variations in the precipitating electron number flux spectrum of dynamic auroral events. Of particular…

Sites for next-generation telescopes are chosen decades before the first light of a telescope. Site selection is usually based on recent measurements over a period that is too short to account for long-term changes in observing conditions…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-28 C. Haslebacher , M. -E. Demory , B. -O. Demory , M. Sarazin , P. L. Vidale

We report the first measurement of the atmospheric optical turbulence profile using the transmitted beam from a satellite laser communication terminal. A Ring Image Next Generation Scintillation Sensor (RINGSS) instrument for turbulence…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-14 Marcus Birch , Sabino Piazzolla , Preston Hooser , Francis Bennet , Tony Travouillon , William Buehlman

Turbulent concentric coaxial (annular) pipe flow is numerically investigated using a stochastic one-dimensional turbulence (ODT) model as a stand-alone tool. The dimensionally reduced ODT domain enables fully resolved numerical simulations…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-02-04 Pei-Yun Tsai , Marten Klein , Heiko Schmidt

We analyze hydrodynamic simulations of turbulent, star-forming molecular clouds that are post-processed with the photo-dissociation region astrochemistry code 3D-PDR. We investigate the sensitivity of 15 commonly applied turbulence…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-11 Ryan D. Boyden , Stella S. R. Offner , Eric W. Koch , Erik W. Rosolowsky

The predictions of mean-field electrodynamics can now be probed using direct numerical simulations of random flows and magnetic fields. When modelling astrophysical MHD, it is important to verify that such simulations are in agreement with…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2018-09-12 Irina Makarenko , Paul Bushby , Andrew Fletcher , Robin Henderson , Nikolay Makarenko , Anvar Shukurov

We report frictional drag reduction and a complete flow re-laminarization of elastic turbulence (ET) at vanishing inertia in a viscoelastic channel flow past an obstacle. We show that intensity of observed elastic waves and wall-normal…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-08-09 M. Vijay Kumar , Atul Varshney , Dongyang Li , Victor Steinberg

Turbulent fluxes in the atmospheric surface layer are key input for the prediction of weather, hydrology, and carbon dioxide concentration. In numerical modelling of turbulent fluxes, a -7/3 power-law scaling in turbulence cospectra is…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2018-11-27 Yu Cheng , Qi Li , Andrey Grachev , Stefania Argentini , Harindra J. S. Fernando , Pierre Gentine

The logarithmic mean-velocity profile is a key experimental and theoretical result in wall-bounded turbulence. Similarly, here we show that the topographic surface emerging between parallel zero-elevation boundaries presents an intermediate…

We present optical turbulence profiles obtained with a Generalized SCIDAR (G-SCIDAR) and a Low Layer SCIDAR (LOLAS) at the Observatorio Astron\'omico Nacional in San Pedro M\'artir (OAN-SPM), Baja California, Mexico, during three observing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-12 R. Avila , O. Valdés-Hernández , L. J. Sánchez , I. Cruz-González , J. L. Avilés , J. J. Tapia-Rodríguez , C. A. Zúñiga

Electron tomography (ET) has become a standard technique for 3D characterization of materials at the nano-scale. Traditional reconstruction algorithms such as weighted back projection suffer from disruptive artifacts with insufficient…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-05 Yi Jiang , Elliot Padgett , Robert Hovden , David A. Muller

Thin film interferometry is a powerful technique for non-invasively measuring liquid film thickness with applications in ophthalmology, but its clinical translation is hindered by the challenges in reconstructing thickness profiles from…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-30 Gautam A. Viruthagiri , Arnuv Tandon , Gerald G. Fuller , Vinny Chandran Suja

We investigate the reconstruction of the transmission matrix of a time-evolving atmospheric channel with an online recursive optimization routine, using wave-optics simulations. We demonstrate that this estimation technique is able to keep…

Optics · Physics 2025-04-02 Giacomo Sorelli , Douglas McDonald , Szymon Gladysz

The capability of the adaptive optics to correct for the segmentation error is analyzed in terms of the residual wavefront RMS and the power spectral density of the phase. The analytical model and the end-to-end simulation give…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Natalia Yaitskova , Christophe Verinaud

Modern stellar structure and evolution theory experiences a lack of observational calibrations for the interior physics of intermediate- and high-mass stars. This leads to discrepancies between theoretical predictions and observed phenomena…