大气湍流理论的进展及其天文学意义(英)

传统的大气湍流理论始于大约30年前．湍流理论的发展使得天文学家对大气湍流对天文观测的影响有了很好的认识，尤其是它为天文台选址和天文高分辨率技术提供了基础．近年来新的天文观测已对传统的大气湍流理论提出了挑战，并可能给地面天文观测带来一场革命．在回顾了大气湍流理论的发展历史后对传统大气湍流理论的基本特性及其应用作了系统的综述，并介绍了新的天文观测事实以及为此而提出的新的大气湍流理论模型．

The Development of Atmospheric Turbulence Theory and Its Impact on Ground-based Astronomical Observation

Conventional atmospheric turbulence theory was well developed approximately 30 years ago. Good knowledge of the effects of atmospheric turbulence on astronomical observation has been obtained by astronomers because of the development of turbulence theory. Particularly,the theory provides the basis of site selection and high resolution techniques for astronomy. Inrecent years, new images recorded by large and high quality telescopes have resulted in some dndculties in conventional image formation theory. The new phenomenon, if condrmed, may give rise to a revolution in ground-based astronomy. In this paper, the history of turbulencetheory is reviewed, the main characteristics of atmospheric turbulence and its application aresummarized. Finally3 a brief discussion about new obserVational phenomenon as well as newatmospheric turbulence theory are given.