Analysis of the fraction of clear sky at the la Palma and Mt Graham sites

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 401, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1904-1916

  Della Valle, A ^a,b   Maruccia, Y ^c,d   Ortolani, S ^a   Zitelli, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Agenzia Regionale per la Prevenzione e la Protezione Ambientale Veneto   (Italy)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmospheric effects; Methods: statistical; Site testing

Indexed keywords

HELIOGRAPHS; OZONE; TELESCOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD COVERAGE; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; GROUND-BASED TELESCOPES; INFRARED CHANNEL; MEAN PERCENTAGE; METHODS:STATISTICAL; PERFORMANCE; SITE-TESTING;

SATELLITES;

EID: 73949123301     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15768.x     Document Type: Article

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