Method of Modeling Atmospheric Optical Turbulence

The intensity and distribution of optical turbulence are important parameters to evaluate an observing station. A modeling method to obtain n atmospheric optical turbulence parameters, including the C2n profile, coherent length, coherent time, seeing, isoplanatic angle, and scintillation index by using meteorological parameters are presented. The accomplishment of this method, the configuration of the WRF model (Weather Research and Forecasting Model), and the verification of calculated results are introduced. The reliability of the method is confirmed preliminarily by comparing the calculated results with the DIMM (Differential Image Motion Monitor) measurements.