Weather and seeing on Mauna Kea

Author:

Bely, Pierre-Yves

Title:

Weather and seeing on Mauna Kea

Periodical:

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Pacific

Year:

1987

Volume:

99

Pages:

560-570

Subject:

Astronomical observatories Mauna Kea Atmospheric turbulence Mauna Kea Meteorological data Mauna Kea

Summary:

Based on local meteorological data and radiosonde records for the summit of Mauna Kea, statistics are established for weather conditions during observations and the site is considered in the free atmosphere. Seeing data recorded by observatories is then analyzed and compared to modeled seeing derived from free-atmosphere bulk meteorological data. Poor correlations between observed seeing and local weather conditions, as well as seeing at the various telescope facilities, suggest that most of the observed seeing is created within the domes or their immediate surroundings.

Label:

Weather & Climate

URL:

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1987PASP...99..560B

Date:

June 1987

Collection:

Periodicals