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The need for high resolution optical imaging
Short exposure optical imaging through the atmosphere
The Kolmogorov model of turbulence
The outer and inner scales of turbulence
Example short exposure images
Exposure selection
Performance of ground-based high resolution imaging techniques
Limiting magnitude of reference source
Limiting magnitude of reference source for Lucky Exposures
Limiting magnitude of reference source for shift-and-add
Limiting magnitude of reference source for speckle interferometry
Limiting magnitude of reference source for separate element interferometry
Limiting magnitude of reference source for adaptive optics
Comparison of limiting magnitudes
Isoplanatic patch
Sensitivity to faint objects
Cost and complexity of implementation
Comparison of imaging techniques
Summary of thesis
Bob Tubbs 2003-11-14
