Valerian Tatarskii
Valerian Illarionovich Tatarskii | |
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| Валериа́н Илларио́нович Тата́рский | |
| Born | February 6, 1929 |
| Died | October 3, 2020 (aged 91) |
| Citizenship | Soviet, American |
| Alma mater | Lomonosov Moscow State University |
| Known for | The theory of wave propagation in random media |
| Awards | USSR State Prize (1990) Max Born Award (1994) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Wave propagation in random media, Atmospheric physics, Atmospheric optics |
| Institutions | Russian Academy of Sciences (Institute of Atmospheric Physics) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Environmental Technology Laboratory) |
| Doctoral advisor | Alexander Obukhov |
Valerian Illarionovich Tatarskii (Russian: Валериа́н Илларио́нович Тата́рский) was a Soviet and American physicist who worked on the theory of wave propagation in random media (WPRM). His theoretical work provided the statistical framework for understanding how turbulence in the atmosphere and ocean affects light, radio, and acoustic waves, used in fields such as adaptive optics, remote sensing, and free-space optical communications.