Study on the precision of the multiaperture scintillation sensor turbulence profiler (MASS) employed in the site testing campaign for the Thirty Meter Telescope

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2610-2618

  Els, S G ^a,b   Schock M ^b   Seguel, J ^a   Tokovinin, A ^a   Kornilov, V ^c   Riddle, R ^b   Skidmore, W ^b   Travouillon, T ^b   Vogiatzis, K ^b   Blum, R ^d   Bustos, E ^a   Gregory, B ^a   Vasquez, J ^a   Walker, D ^a   Gillett, P ^b  

^a CERRO TOLOLO INTER AMERICAN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^b Thirty Meter Telescope Project   (United States)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; SCINTILLATION;

ALTITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INSTRUMENTAL PARAMETERS; MEASUREMENTS OF; MULTI-APERTURE SCINTILLATION SENSORS; THIRTY METER TELESCOPE; TURBULENCE LAYERS; TURBULENCE PROFILERS;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 61849131543     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.002610     Document Type: Article

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