中文摘要：

综述了大气湍流的光学模型及其主要参数、涡旋光束的特性及其在大气通信中的应用，详细介绍了大气湍流对涡旋光束及其轨道角动量的影响。最后，对涡旋光束在大气通信中的发展前景作了展望。

英文摘要：

In the paper, models of optical atmospheric turbulence and its main parameters, characteristics of vortex beam and its applications in atmospheric communication is reviewed comprehensively. The effects of atmospheric turbulence on vortex beam and its orbital angular momentum is also introduced in detail. Finally, a brief perspective of future applications of vortex beam in atmospheric communication is proposed.