A robotic instrument for measuring high altitude atmospheric turbulence from Dome C, Antarctica

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5489, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 174-179

  Lawrence, J S ^a   Ashley, M C B ^a   Kenyon, S ^a   Storey, J W V ^a   Tokovinin, A ^c   Lloyd, J P ^b   Swain, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CERRO TOLOLO INTER AMERICAN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Scintillation; Site testing

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; INTERFEROMETERS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL TESTING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCINTILLATION;

DIFFERENTIAL IMAGE MOTION MONITOR (DIMM); MULTI-APERTURE SCINTILLATION SENSOR (MASS); SITE TESTING; STELLAR IMAGE;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 10444271742     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.551017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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