Evaluation of sonic anemometers as highly sensitive optical turbulence measuring devices for the Thirty Meter Telescope site testing campaign

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6267 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Skidmore, Warren ^a   Travouillon, Tony ^a   Riddle, Reed ^a  

^a Thirty Meter Telescope Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Seeing; Sonic anemometer

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; EQUIPMENT TESTING; OPTICAL DEVICES; PROBES; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOCOUPLES;

MICROTHERMAL PROBE SYSTEMS; SEEING; SONIC ANEMOMETERS; THIRTY METER TELESCOPE (TMT);

ANEMOMETERS;

EID: 33749239949     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.671518     Document Type: Conference Paper

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