Fraction of clear skies above astronomical sites: A new analysis from the GOES12 satellite

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 411, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1271-1283

  Cavazzani, S ^a   Ortolani, S ^a   Zitelli, V ^b   Maruccia, Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmospheric effects; Methods: statistical; Site testing

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION; ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; CLEAR SKY; CRITICAL TASKS; CURRENT DATA; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; METHODS:STATISTICAL; NIGHT TIME; OPTICAL ASTRONOMY; SITE-TESTING;

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 79551614335     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17766.x     Document Type: Article

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