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Mapping land surface disturbances supports disaster response, resource and ecosystem management, and climate adaptation efforts. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is an invaluable tool for disturbance mapping, providing consistent time-series…

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Context: Optical interferometry is a powerful tool for observing the intensity structure and angular diameter of stars. When combined with spectroscopy and/or spectrophotometry, interferometry provides a powerful constraint for model…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Hilding R. Neilson , John B. Lester

Atmospheric turbulence, a common phenomenon in daily life, is primarily caused by the uneven heating of the Earth's surface. This phenomenon results in distorted and blurred acquired images or videos and can significantly impact downstream…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-02-13 Xijun Wang , Santiago López-Tapia , Aggelos K. Katsaggelos

Traditionally devoted to electron density profile measurement we show that fast frequency sweeping reflectometry technique can bring valuable and innovative measurements onto plasma turbulence. While fast frequency sweeping technique is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Clairet , L. Vermare , S. Heuraux , G. Leclert

High-fidelity simulated astronomical images are an important tool in developing and measuring the performance of image-processing algorithms, particularly for high precision measurements of cosmic shear -- correlated distortions of images…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-25 Claire-Alice Hébert , Joshua E. Meyers , My H. Do , Patricia R. Burchat , the LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration

Resolving fine details of astronomical objects provides critical insights into their underlying physical processes. This drives in part the desire to construct ever-larger telescopes and interferometer arrays and to observe at shorter…

We investigate the dynamic response of flexible aircraft in low-altitude atmospheric turbulence. To this end, three turbulence models of increasing fidelity, namely, the one-dimensional von K{\'a}rm{\'a}n model, the two-dimensional Kaimal…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-03-27 Georgios Deskos , Alfonso del Carre , Rafael Palacios

Radio occultations are commonly used to assess remotely the thermodynamic properties of planets or satellites' atmospheres within the solar system. The data processing usually involves the so-called Abel inversion method or the numerical…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-22 Adrien Bourgoin , Edoardo Gramigna , Marco Zannoni , Luis Gomez Casajus , Paolo Tortora

The turbulent magnetic fields of a large set of fast solar wind streams measured onboard ACE and STEREO A and B are analyzed in an effort to identify the effects of the turbulence-level broad variations on the orientations of the local,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-18 B. R. Ragot

We present a turbulence index independent framework for simultaneously deriving solar wind velocity and coronal electron density in the near-Sun region using the spectral broadening of spacecraft radio signals. The formulation accommodates…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-25 Keshav Aggarwal , R. K. Choudhary , Abhirup Datta , Soumyaneal Banerjee , Takeshi Imamura , Hiroki Ando

Context: The current stellar atmosphere programs still cannot match some fundamental observations of the brightest stars, and with new techniques, such as optical interferometry, providing new data for these stars, additional development of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 John B. Lester , Hilding R. Neilson

In typical adaptive optics applications, the atmospheric residual turbulence affects the wavefront sensor response decreasing its sensitivity. On the other hand, wavefront sensors are generally calibrated in diffraction limited condition,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-10 Guido Agapito , Carmelo Arcidiacono , Simone Esposito

Understanding the properties of interstellar turbulence is a great intellectual challenge and the urge to solve this problem is partially motivated by a necessity to explain the star formation mystery. This review deals with a recently…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Lazarian

We have developed a new software to perform the measurement of galaxy cluster pressure profiles from high angular resolution thermal SZ observations. The code allows the user to take into account various features of millimeter observations,…

Studies on the dynamics of solar filaments have significant implications for understanding their formation, evolution, and eruption, which are of great importance for space weather warning and forecasting. The H$\alpha$ Imaging Spectrograph…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-23 Z. Zheng , Q. Hao , Y. Qiu , J. Hong , C. Li , M. D. Ding

We present the first results of the site testing performed at Mt.~Shatdzhatmaz at Northern Caucasus, where the new Sternberg astronomical institute 2.5-m telescope will be installed. An automatic site monitor instrumentation and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 V. Kornilov , N. Shatsky , O. Voziakova , B. Safonov , S. Potanin , M. Kornilov

We present a prospective work undertaken on Spectro-Polarimetric INterferometry (SPIN). Our theoretical studies suggest that SPIN is a powerful tool for studying the mass loss from early type stars. Based on Monte Carlo simulations, we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Olivier Chesneau , Sebastian Wolf , Armando Domiciano de Souza

The advent of a new generation of Adaptive Optics systems called Wide Field AO (WFAO) mark the beginning of a new era. By using multiple Guide Stars (GSs), either Laser Guide Stars (LGSs) or Natural Guide Stars (NGSs), WFAO significantly…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Benoit Neichel , Elena Masciadri , Andrés R. Guesalaga , Franck Lascaux , Clémentine Béchet

The atmospheres of massive O-type stars (O stars) are dynamic, turbulent environments resulting from radiatively driven instabilities over the iron bump, located slightly beneath the stellar surface. Here, complex radiation hydrodynamic…

The results on the vertical distribution of optical turbulence above the five mountains which were investigated by the site testing for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) are reported. On San Pedro Martir in Mexico, the 13 North site on Mauna…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 S. G. Els , T. Travouillon , M. Schoeck , R. Riddle , W. Skidmore , J. Seguel , E. Bustos , D. Walker