Vertical structure of the turbulence above the observatories of the Canary Islands: Parameters and statistics for adaptive optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5490, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 749-757

  Fuensalida, Jesus J ^a   Chueca, Sergio ^a   Delgado, José M ^a   García Lorenzo, Begoña ^a   Rodríguez González, José M ^a   Hoegemann, Claudia ^a   Mendizábal, Esteban G ^a,c   Reyes, Marcos ^a   Verde, Manuel ^a   Vernin, Jean ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adaptive Optics; Site Characterization; Vertical Turbulence Profiles

Indexed keywords

ISOPLANATIC ANGLES; MONITORING PARAMETERS; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; VERTICAL TURBULENCE PROFILES;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; CONDITION MONITORING; IMAGE QUALITY; MIRRORS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTIMIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 19944392871     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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