Abstract (EN):
Estimating turbulence parameters is essential during commissioning and optimising adaptive optics or fringe tracking systems. It also gained new relevance with free-space optical communication applications. The estimation of such parameters is done under the assumption of stationarity. Yet, the stationarity time scale of the atmospheric turbulence is unknown. The breakdown of this assumption leads to incorrect estimates and added error terms. In this paper, we illustrate stationarity detection with unit root testing and the pitfalls of its application to turbulence parameter time series.
Language:
English
Type (Professor's evaluation):
Scientific
No. of pages:
7