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<journal-id>0187-6236</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Atmósfera]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Atmósfera]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0187-6236</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0187-62362017000100027</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.20937/atm.2017.30.01.03</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Wind tunnel simulations to detect and quantify the turbulent effects of a propagating He-Ne laser beam in air]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Augustine]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Shivan Michael]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Chetty]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Naven]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of KwaZulu-Natal School of Chemistry and Physics ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Pietermaritzburg ]]></addr-line>
<country>South Africa</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>01</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>01</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>30</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>27</fpage>
<lpage>38</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0187-62362017000100027&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0187-62362017000100027&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0187-62362017000100027&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract In this paper, we ascertain the effectiveness of our experimental setup in detecting and quantifying the turbulent effects experienced by a He-Ne laser beam as it passes through a wind tunnel. The beam propagated through a series of optical components as well as the in-house designed and manufactured wind tunnel under controlled laboratory conditions. The wind tunnel was built to fit within an existing setup, which has previously proven to be successful in detecting the turbulent effects from other turbulence models. For various wind speeds and temperature settings, the setup has been successful as it was able to detect and measure the atmospheric conditions within the turbulent environment and fully quantify the characteristics of the laser beam. With the use of highly accurate measuring devices, we were able to successfully measure the refractive index structure function (Cn 2) and the coherence diameter (Fried&#8217;s parameter). Values for Cn 2 ranged between 1.61 × 10-16 m-2/3 and 6.77 × 10-15 m-2/3, which can be classified under the moderate to strong turbulence regime. These results tie in well with various published works for similar atmospheric scenarios hence this setup was successfully able to fully detect and quantify the thermal turbulence and wind velocity effects on the laser beam using a point diffraction interferometer.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Se verifica la efectividad de un diseño experimental para detectar y cuantificar los efectos turbulentos experimentados por un haz de láser de He-Ne al pasar por un túnel de viento. El haz se difundió a través de una serie de componentes ópticos además del túnel de viento diseñado y fabricado en el laboratorio en condiciones controladas. La construcción del túnel obedeció a una configuración preexistente, cuya aptitud para detectar los efectos turbulentos de otros modelos se había comprobado previamente. El diseño experimental fue exitoso, ya que pudo detectar y medir las condiciones atmosféricas al interior del entorno turbulento y cuantificar con precisión las características del haz de láser. Mediante el uso de instrumentos de medición de alta precisión, se pudo medir de forma exitosa la función de la estructura del índice de refracción (Cn 2) y el diámetro de coherencia (parámetro de Fried). Los valores de Cn 2variaron de 1.61 × 10-16 m1-2/3 a 6.77 × 10-15 m-2/3, lo cual puede catalogarse como un régimen de turbulencia moderado a intenso. Estos resultados muestran una buena correspondencia con los de varios trabajos que investigaron entornos atmosféricos similares, de modo que nuestro diseño fue capaz de detectar y medir con precisión las turbulencias térmicas y los efectos de la velocidad del viento en el haz de láser, utilizando para ello un interferómetro de punto de difracción.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Thermal turbulence]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[wind tunnel]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Fried´s parameter]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[structure function]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[interferometer]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[laser beam propagation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[turbulence strength.]]></kwd>
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