Mauna Kea ground-layer characterization campaign

Author:

Avila, Remy, Aviles, Jose-Luis, Butterley, Tim, Chun, Mark, Wilson, Richard

Title:

Mauna Kea ground-layer characterization campaign

Periodical:

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Year:

2009

Volume:

394

Pages:

1121-1130

Subject:

Astronomical observatories Mauna Kea Atmospheric turbulence Mauna Kea Seeing Site surveys

Summary:

The survey instrument consists of the Slope-Detection and Ranging (SLODAR) and Low-Layer SCIntillation Detection and Ranging (SCIDAR)(LOLAS). The results indicated that the optical turbulence near the ground at the summit of Mauna Kea is confined to the first few tens of metres and that the free atmospheric seeing is excellent above the site. Ground-layer adaptive optics (GLAO) can be very effective in correcting this turbulence.

Label:

Mauna Kea - Astronomy

URL:

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009MNRAS.394.1121C

Date:

2009

Collection:

Periodicals