Optical Turbulence : Astronomy Meets Meteorology - Proceedings Of The Optical Turbulence Characterization For Astronomical Applications.

This book collects most of the talks and poster presentations presented at the ""Optical Turbulence - Astronomy meets Meteorology"" international conference held on 15-18 September, 2008 at Nymphes Bay, Alghero, Sardinia, Italy. The meeting aimed to deal with one of the major cau...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: World Scientific 2009.
Temas:
Atmospheric turbulence > Congresses.
Meteorological optics > Congresses.
Turbulence atmosphérique > Congrès.
Optique météorologique > Congrès.
Atmospheric turbulence
Meteorological optics
Electronic resource.
Conference papers and proceedings
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover13;
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • Motivations
  • Conference Results
  • Conference Group Picture
  • Organizers
  • In Memory of A. Erasmus
  • Scientific Program
  • Optical Turbulence in High Angular Resolution Techniques in Astronomy J . M. Beckers
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2.1. Average Atmosphere
  • 2.2. The Turbulent Atmosphere
  • 2.3. Optical Turbulence under Special Conditions
  • 3. Adaptive Optics
  • 3.1. Wavefront Sensing
  • 3.2. Laser Beacons or Guide Stars
  • 3.3. Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics
  • 4. Astronomical Interferometry
  • 5. Conclusion
  • References
  • An Astronomers View of Optical Turbulence R. Racine
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Refractive Properties of the Turbulent Atmosphere
  • 2. Futility
  • 3. Utility and Challenges
  • 3.1. Large and Rapid Variability with Time
  • 3.2. Difference between Sub-Sites
  • 3.3. 8220;Facility Seeing8221;
  • 4. Dreams
  • 5. Confronting Reality
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Using the Scintillation of Extended Objects to Probe the Lower Atmosphere J.M. Beckers
  • Synopsis
  • References
  • Optical Turbulence Profiles at CTIO from a 12-element Lunar Scintillometer P. Hickson, T. Pfrommer and A.P. Crotts
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Observations
  • 3. Analysis
  • 4. Results
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • HVR-GS at Mt. Graham: Optical Turbulence Vertical Distribution with Standard and High Resolution E. Masciadri, J. Stoesz, F. Lascaux and S. Hagelin
  • 1. Optical Turbulence Characterization at Mt. Graham: Scientific Motivations
  • 2. GS and HVR-GS Techniques
  • 3. Astroclimatic Parameters: Main Results
  • 4. AO Applications: LBT-LGS System ARGOS
  • 5. HVR-GS Vertical Distribution for h 1 km
  • 6. Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Profilometry for the Lower Terrestrial Atmosphere J. Borgnino, A. Berdja, A. Ziad and J. Maire
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Wavefront Analysis : Observation of AA Fluctuations in the Pupil Plane17
  • 3. AA Statistics
  • 3.1. Transverse Spatial Covariance of AA Fluctuations
  • 3.2. Transverse Spatio-Angular Covariance of AA Fluctuations
  • 4. Optical Turbulence Profiler
  • 4.1. Principle
  • 4.2. A Differential Profiler
  • 5. Conclusion
  • References
  • SLODAR Turbulence Monitors R.W. Wilson, T. Butterley and J. Osborn
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Current SLODAR Profilers
  • 3. Sample Results
  • 3.1. Cerro Paranal
  • 3.2. Mauna Kea
  • 4. Comparison with MASS and DIMM
  • 5. Summary and the Future
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • High Resolution SLODAR Measurements on Mauna Kea T. Butterley, R.W. Wilson, M.R. Chun, R. Avila and J.-L. Aviles
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. SLODAR Instrument
  • 3. Data Analysis
  • 4. Results
  • 5. Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Vertical Turbulence Profiles at Canary Islands Astronomical Sites B. Garcia-Lorenzo, J.J. Fuensalida, J. Castro-Almazan and M.A.C. Rodriguez-Hernandez
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Instruments
  • 3. Observations and Data
  • 4. Statistical View of the Seasonal Evolution of the Turbulence
  • 5. Summary and Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • C2n Profile from Shack-Hartmann Data: First Steps for Co-slidar Data Processing C. Robert, N.V edrenne, V. Michau and J.-M. Conan
  • 1. Motivation
  • 2. Problem Statement with SHWFS Ps.

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