Atmospheric turbulence at the South Pole and its implications for astronomy

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 400, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1163-1172

  Travouillon, T ^a   Ashley, M C B ^a   Burton, M G ^a   Storey, J W V ^a   Loewenstein, R F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric effects; Instrumentation: miscellaneous; Site testing; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; SITE SELECTION; WIND;

LOW-ATMOSPHERE TURBULENCE;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0037341375     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021814     Document Type: Article

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