The propagation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves through a turbulent, locally isotropic medium is prescribed, provided we know the coefficient of k −5/3 in the Kolmogorov law. This coefficient is the product of b , a universal constant; N , the dissipation rate of the fluctuations of refractive index; and ϵ −1/3 , where ϵ is the rate of dissipation of turbulent velocity fluctuation into heat. We might consider two kinds of problems: How can electromagnetic or acoustic propagation information be used to get information about various meteorological properties? How can meteorological data be used to estimate the propagation of waves?
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Panofsky et al. (1969) studied this question.