High altitude wind velocity at San Pedro Martir and Mauna Kea
- Author:
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Carrasco, Esperanza, Sarazin, Marc.
- Title:
- High altitude wind velocity at San Pedro Martir and Mauna Kea
- Periodical:
- Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica, Serie de Conferencias
- Year:
- 2003
- Volume:
- 19
- Pages:
- 103-106
- Subject:
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Atmospheric effects site survey
Winds Mauna Kea
Winds San Pedro Martir
- Summary:
- One of the most important parameters to consider when searching for potential site for extremely large telescope projects, is the suitability of the sites for adaptive optics. As a result, the average monthly wind velocity was analyzed between 1980 and 1995 at approximately 12 kilometers above sea level for the San Pedro Martir, Mauna Kea, and other observatories and sites of interest. The results that were obtained were compared from two different data sets -- one was from the Global Gridded Upper Air Statistics and the other was from the National Center for Environmental Prediction. The results showed that the San Pedro Martir and Mauna Kea sites are comparable and are amongst the most suitable sites from which to apply slow wavefront corrugation correction techniques.
- Label:
- Weather & Climate
- URL:
- https://www.astroscu.unam.mx/rmaa/RMxAC..19/PDF/RMxAC..19ecarrasco.pdf
- Date:
- 2003
- Collection:
- Periodicals