Modeling of the effect of the temperature field configuration in a fluid on the refraction of laser radiation

The effect of the temperature field configuration in a fluid on the refraction of laser radiation is modeled. Calculations of the refraction of geometrical-optics rays in the boundary layer in the case of spherically and elliptically stratified temperature fields are presented. Translated from Metrologiya, No. 7, pp. 33–40, July, 2008.