Extended Data Fig. 5: Turbulence profiles derived from balloon missions. | Nature

Extended Data Fig. 5: Turbulence profiles derived from balloon missions.

From: Lenghu on the Tibetan Plateau as an astronomical observing site

Extended Data Fig. 5

The blue, red and grey profiles denote vertical distributions of the refractive index structure constant \({C}_{N}^{2}\) at 23:15 UT on 12 August 2020 and 11:18 UT and 23:44 UT on 16 November 2020, respectively. The dashed line shows the height of the tropopause at 11 km. The dotted lines denote heights of 6 km and 9 km.

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