Dome C site testing: surface layer, free atmosphere seeing, and isoplanatic angle statistics

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 499, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 955-965

  Aristidi, E ^a   Fossat, E ^a   Agabi, A ^a   Mekarnia D ^a   Jeanneaux, F ^a   Bondoux, E ^a   Challita, Z ^a   Ziad, A ^a   Vernin, J ^a   Trinquet, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric effects; Site testing

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; CHARACTERISTIC TIME; DATA SETS; ISOPLANATIC ANGLES; MEDIAN VALUE; ROBUST ESTIMATION; SITE TESTING -; SITE TESTING DATUM; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; SUMMER SEASON; SURFACE LAYERS; TEMPORAL FLUCTUATION; TIME SPENT; TWO PARAMETER; UPPER LIMITS;

DOMES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; TELESCOPES; TURBULENCE;

SURFACE TESTING;

EID: 66949122130     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200810953     Document Type: Article

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