Site evaluations of the summit of Co. Chajnantor for infrared observations.

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7012, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Miyata, Takashi ^a   Motohara, Kentaro ^a   Sako, Shigeyuki ^a   Tanaka, Masuo ^a   Minezaki, Takeo ^a   Mitani, Natsuko ^a   Aoki, Tsutomu ^a   Soyano, Takao ^a   Tanabe, Toshihiko ^a   Kawara, Kimiaki ^a   Kohno, Kotaro ^a   Tarusawa, Ken'ichi ^a   Handa, Toshihiko ^a   Doi, Mamoru ^a   Yoshii, Yuzuru ^a   Ezawa, Hajime ^b   Bronfman, Leonardo ^c   Ruiz, Maria T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Atacama; Cloud monitor; Infrared; Site survey; Weather monitor

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATACAMA; CLOUD EMISSIVITY; GROUND-LEVEL; HIGH TRANSPARENCY; INFRA-RED CAMERAS; INFRARED; INFRARED ASTRONOMY; INFRARED OBSERVATIONS; INFRARED WAVELENGTHS; MAXIMUM SPEED; MIDINFRARED; SITE CONDITIONS; SITE EVALUATION; SITE SURVEY; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WEATHER MONITOR; WEATHER STATIONS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED; WINTER SEASONS;

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SURVEYS;

HUMIDITY CONTROL;

EID: 66749182270     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.788264     Document Type: Conference Paper

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