Wave Propagation in a Turbulent Medium

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TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
CONTENTS
Part I SOME TOPICS FROM THE THEORY OP RANDOM FIELDS AND TURBULENCE THEORY
Introductory Remarks
1. METHODS FOR STATISTICAL DESCRIPTION OF CONTINUOUS RANDOM FIELDS
2. THE MICROSTRUCTURE OF TURBULENT FLOW
3. MICROSTRUCTURE OF THE CONCENTRATION OF A CONSERVATIVE PASSIVE ADDITIVE IN A TURBULENT FLOW
Part II SCATTERING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC AND ACOUSTIC WAVES IN THE TURBULENT ATMOSPHERE
4. SCATTERING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES IN THE TURBULENT ATMOSPHERE
5. THE SCATTERING OF SOUND WAVES IN A LOCALLY ISOTROPIC TURBULENT FLOW
Part III PARAMETER FLUCTUATIONS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC AND ACOUSTIC WAVES PROPAGATING IN A TURBULENT ATMOSPHERE
Introductory Remarks
6. SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF AMPLITUDE AND PHASE FLUCTUATIONS OF A PLANE MONOCHROMATIC WAVE. BY USING TEE EQUATIONS OF GEOMETRICAL OPTICS
7. CALCULATION OF AMPLITUDE AND PHASE FLUCTUATIONS OF A PLANE MONOCHROMATIC WAVE FROM THE WAVE EQUATION USING THE METHODS OF "SMALL” AND "SMOOTH" PERTURBATIONS
8. PARAMETER FLUCTUATIONS OF A WAVE PROPAGATING IN A TURBULENT MEDIUM WITH SMOOTHLY VARYING CHARACTERISTICS
9. AMPLITUDE FLUCTUATIONS OF A SPHERICAL WAVE
Part IV EXPERIMENTAL DATA ON PARAMETER FLUCTUATIONS OF LIGHT AND SOUND WAVES PROPAGATING IN THE ATMOSPHERE
10. EMPIRICAL DATA ON FLUCTUATIONS OP TEMPERATURE AND WIND VELOCITY IN THE LAYER OP THE ATMOSPHERE NEAR THE EARTH AND IN THE LOWER TROPOSHERE
11. EXPERIMENTAL DATA ON THE AMPLITUDE AND PHASE FLUCTUATIONS OF SOUND WAVES PROPAGATING IN THE LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE NEAR THE EARTH
12. EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OP THE SCINTILLATION OF TERRESTRIAL LIGHT SOURCES
13. TWINKLING AND QUIVERING OF STELLAR IMAGES IN TELESCOPES
APPENDIX Addendum to Chapter 5
NOTES AND REMARKS
REFERENCES
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