Astronomical site monitoring system for the Magdalena Ridge Observatory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5491, Issue PART 3, 2004, Pages 1301-1309

  Klinglesmith III, D A ^a   Alvarado, R ^a   Creech Eakman, M J ^a   O'Donovan, B ^b   Seneta, E ^b   Young, J S ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COAST; MROI; Seeing; Seismic effects; Site testing; Weather

Indexed keywords

COAST; MROI; SEEING; SEISMIC EFFECTS; SITE TESTING; WEATHER;

CAMERAS; INTERFEROMETERS; MONITORING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 11144286383     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552145     Document Type: Conference Paper

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