Atmospheric Optics

Graduate students and post-docs from my research group are identified by * and + signs, respectively.

[13] Pierzyna*, M., Saathof, R., and Basu, S. (2023). "Π-ML: A dimensional analysis-based machine learning parameterization of optical turbulence in the atmospheric surface layer", Optics Letters, 48, 4484-4487.

[12] Basu, S., and Holtslag, A. A. M. (2022). "Revisiting and revising Tatarskii’s formulation for the temperature structure parameter (CT2) in atmospheric flows", Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 10.1007/s10652-022-09880-3. 

[11] Basu, S., DeMarco*, A. W., and He+, P.,  (2021). "On the dissipation rate of temperature fluctuations in stably stratified flows", Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 21, 63-82.

[10] Basu, S., Osborn, J., He+, P., and DeMarco*, A. W. (2020). "Mesoscale modeling of optical turbulence in the atmosphere: The need for ultrahigh vertical grid resolution", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 497, 2302-2308.

[9] Al-Younis, W., Nevarez, C., Abdullah-Al-Mamun, M., Basu, S., and Voelz, D. (2020). "Image shift due to atmospheric refraction: Prediction by numerical weather modeling and machine learning", Optical Engineering, 59(8), 081803.

[8] Basu, S. (2017). "Simulating an extreme over-the-horizon optical propagation event over lake Michigan using a coupled mesoscale modeling and ray tracing framework", Optical Engineering (Special Issue: Long-Range Imaging), 56, 071505. 

[7] Wang*, Y., and Basu, S. (2016). "Utilizing the Kantorovich metric for the validation of optical turbulence predictions", Optics Letters, 41, 4008-4011. 

[6] He+, P., and Basu, S. (2016). "Extending a surface-layer CN2 model for strongly stratified conditions utilizing a numerically generated turbulence dataset", Optics Express, 24, 9574-9582. 

[5] Wang*, Y., and Basu, S. (2016). "Using an artificial neural network approach to estimate surface-layer optical turbulence at Mauna Loa, Hawaii", Optics Letters, 41, 2334-2337. 

[4] Basu, S. (2015). "A simple approach for estimating the refractive index structure parameter (Cn2) profile in the atmosphere", Optics Letters, 40 (17), 4130-4133. 

He+, P., and Basu, S. (2015). "Mesoscale modeling of optical turbulence (Cn2) utilizing a novel physically-based parameterization", Proc. SPIE 9614, Laser Communication and Propagation through the Atmosphere and Oceans IV, 96140K; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2188227

[3] He+, P., and Basu, S. (2015). "Development of similarity relationships for energy dissipation rate and temperature structure parameter in stably stratified flows: a direct numerical simulation approach", Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 16(2), 373-399. 

[2] He+, P., Nunalee*, C. G., Basu, S., Minet, J., Vorontsov, M. A., and Fiorino, S. T. (2015). "Influence of heterogeneous refractivity on optical wave propagation in coastal environments", Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 127(6), 685-699.

[1] Nunalee*, C. G., He+, P., Basu, S., Minet, J., and Vorontsov, M. A. (2015). "Mapping optical ray trajectories through island wake vortices", Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 127(3), 355-368.

Wang*, Y., and Basu, S. (2014). "Estimation of optical turbulence in the atmospheric surface layer from routine meteorological observations: An artificial neural network approach", Proceedings of SPIE Optics & Photonics, doi: 10.1117/12.2063168.

He+, P., Nunalee*, C. G., Basu, S., Vorontsov, M. A., and Fiorino, S. T. (2014). "Current status and challenges in optical turbulence simulations in various layers of the Earth's atmosphere", Proceedings of SPIE Optics & Photonics, doi: 10.1117/12.2063023.

Nunalee*, C. G., He+, P., Basu, S., Vorontsov, M. A., and Fiorino, S. T. (2014). "Impact of large-scale atmospheric refractive structures on optical wave propagation", Proceedings of SPIE Optics & Photonics, doi: 10.1117/12.2063022.

Basu, S., Nunalee*, C. G., He+, P., Fiorino, S. T. and Vorontsov, M. A. (2014). "Reconstructing the prevailing meteorological and optical environment during the time of the Titanic disaster", Proceedings of SPIE Optics & Photonics, doi: 10.1117/12.2063195.

Basu, S., and He+, P. (2014) "Quantifying the dependence of temperature and refractive index structure parameters on atmospheric stability using direct and large-eddy simulations", Proc. pcDVT, doi: 10.1364/PCDVT.2014.PM2E.3.