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The non-Gaussian intensity fluctuation spectra observed by Cohenet al. (1967) are analysed. Computations of the length scales derived from the phase autocorrelation functions using Buckley's method (1971, I) indicate that for a rms phase deviation of 4 radians or more the diffracting medium behaves as one with its phase structure having ‘inner’ and ‘outer’ scales of turbulent blobs or eddies which are present in a turbulent medium.
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Alurkar, S.K., Sarker, R.P. & Rao, V.B. Analysis of the non-Gaussian spectra of interplanetary scintillations. Astrophys Space Sci 19, 271–278 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00645711
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