RT Journal Article ID 3a0a3e2a78b7497f A1 Kornienko, Y. V. A1 Skuratovskiy, Sergey I. T1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION OF IMAGES OBSERVED THROUGH A MEDIUM WITH RANDOM INHOMOGENEITIES JF Radio Physics and Radio Astronomy JO RPRA YR 2012 FD 2012-08-13 VO 3 IS 3 SP 223 OP 232 K1 inhomogeneous medium K1 refraction index inhomogeneities K1 phase problem K1 phase accumulation AB Causes of degrading object images observed through a medium with random inhomogeneities of the refraction index are analyzed. The mechanism of information degradation due to phase distortions is considered in detail. The existing ways of reaching the diffraction limit of instrument resolution are briefly reviewed and causes of reducing their efficiency in the case of standard deviations of phase distortions equal to 2π or greater are analyzed. A technique is suggested to remove the limit. PB Begell House LK https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/6fd1549c0e2c05da,4e9409a35a49a927,3a0a3e2a78b7497f.html