[stefanpie]

Just took a radars course and we definitely spent a whole section on just atmospheric effects / defraction. My only guess about how you could maybe lower the error is by monitoring and measuring the condition of the atmophere and building a model that can use that data to apply corrections and reduce error to your image.

[craftinator]

Another technique is to use multiple camera sources spread out over an area. The angle between the cameras is known, so differences in the images caused by diffraction and atmospheric aberrations can be computed out to some degree.

[xioxox]

As I mentioned above, there is a technique called lucky imaging, where you take lots of short exposures and only use the best ones. In astronomy, this can be used to reach the diffraction limit. You need a bright source, however, and it provides a narrow field of view.

[TheSpiceIsLife]

If there was a known object in an image could a high resolution image of the known object be used to compensate for atmospheric diffraction effects?

[bronson]

One example is a laser guide star: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_guide_star

[cartoonfoxes]

Yes. Ssshhh.