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> Turbulence is undetectable Not inherently, and we're getting there. See e.g. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/3/798 https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/3/798
by derefr 3y ago
> Turbulence is undetectable
Not inherently, and we're getting there. See e.g. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/3/798 https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/3/798 for the use of time-of-flight sensor sampling (i.e. a depth-of-field camera) to build a picture of local turbulence (in water rather than air, but the principle translates.)
- lstodd 3y agoNot inherently, but not practical either. The paper talks about refractive index , and while that may be useful for liquids, it does nothing for low-pressure low-density gas like the air. Eh, it water I think phased array sonar could depict turbulence better than an optical system. In air -- no such luck. It's just centuries-old rule of "do not fly into clouds and otherwise hope the plane doesn't break apart".