Initial operations of a water vapour monitor (IRMA) at Gemini South, Las Campanas observatories and in the TMT site testing role

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6269 III, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Phillips, Robin R ^a   Naylor, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gemini; IRMA; Las Campanas; Pwv; Site testing; TMT; Water vapour monitor

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; DATA ACQUISITION; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; RADIOMETERS; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; TESTING;

GEMINI; INFRARED RADIOMETER; SITE TESTING; WATER VAPOUR MONITOR;

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 33749257871     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.669508     Document Type: Conference Paper

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