R. McMillan, R. Smith, M. Shipman, E. J. Holder, J. C. Kerce, J. Williams
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Abstract
Atmospheric turbulence has been shown to have measurable effects on the angle-of-arrival (AOA) of radar beams, but these effects are on the order of a few microradians, which is a negligible level for most applications. In this paper, we present a theory describing this phenomenon and compare this theory to one-way measurements made over a 3.5 km path and two-way measurements made over a 25 km path using an X-band interferometric radar.