Vertical distribution of temporal correlation of optical turbulence

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4839, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 792-800

  Avila, Remy ^a   Masciadri, Elena ^b,c   Sánchez, Leonardo J ^b   Vernin, Jean ^d   Raga, Alejandro ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Atmoshperic turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; INFRARED IMAGING; OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0038060565     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459688     Document Type: Conference Paper

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