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In the following (Figs. 5, 6, and 7) we repeat some more models, which all base on theoriginal idea of Bolgiano (1968). We note in all these models that the horizontal dimensionsof refractivity variations are mostly larger than the vertical ones, in particular close to theedges of turbulent layers. The corresponding vertical gradients, which characterize thisstructure, can be quite steep as in-situ temperature measurements have shown (Luce et al.,1995). Nothing is really known about their horizontal extent other than the deduction of scaleestimates, which follow from VHF radar observations. It is prudent that these sheets <strong>with</strong>small vertical extent and much larger horizontal extent, which are corrugated by surroundingturbulence, can be regarded as rough surfaces. Again, Beckmann and Spizzichino (1963) havetreated the corresponding reflection and scattering, which we show in Fig. 8.Hocking, 1987Fig. 5 Refractive index shaping (Hocking, 1987)Woodman and Chu, 1989Fig. 6 A turbulence layer containing large- and small-scale eddies(Woodman and Chu, 1989).From Hocking and Röttger, 2001Fig. 7 Velocity, temperature and refractive index inhomogeneities in a turbulentlayer, proposed by Hocking and Röttger (2001) following Klaasen and Peltier(1985), and Dalaudier and Sidi (1987) and others.452

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