Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Sep 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004ingn....8...15f&link_type=abstract
The Newsletter of the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING Newsl.), issue no. 8, p. 15.
Physics
Optics
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Scidar, Atmospheric Turbulence
Scientific paper
In February 2004 the Cute-SCIDAR instrument was installed at the 1m Jacobus Kapteyn telescope (JKT) for a systematic monitoring of the atmospheric turbulence at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (ORM). The proper knowledge of the atmospheric turbulence structure is crucial for optimising the efficiency of adaptive optics systems. SCIDAR has proved to be the most contrasted and efficient technique from ground level to obtain the optical vertical structure of the atmospheric turbulence. The classical and generalised SCIDAR techniques analyse the scintillation patterns produced at the telescope pupil by the light coming from the two stars of a binary system. Turbulence profiles as a function of height, CN2 (h), are derived through the inversion of the autocorrelation of scintillation patterns. Wind vertical profiles, V(h), are derived from the cross-correlation of a series of scintillation patterns relative to a reference pattern.
Delgado José Miguel
Fuensalida Jesus J.
Garcia-Lorenzo Begona
Hoegemann Claudia
Reyes Marco
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