Statistics – Applications
Scientific paper
Sep 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009otam.conf..316g&link_type=abstract
Optical Turbulence: Astronomy Meets Meteorology, Proceedings of the Astronomy Meets Meteorology, Proceedings of the Optical Turb
Statistics
Applications
Scientific paper
The reconfigurable optics of LBT provides considerable versatility for observers to choose instruments and modes in near real time. Current values and predictions about both cloud cover and turbulence will become a critical factor in those choices, as the suite of available instruments expands with time. Two modes of operation are envisioned, both of which involve changes of focal station in response to conditions. One is partner-observer queue mode for facility instruments, which includes natural guide star adaptive optics. In that case, queue planning will use predictions and actual seeing to accommodate those programs requiring the best conditions. The other is a block-scheduling mode for new or complex capabilities, such as interferometry and early days of laser guide star operations. In that mode, site information will be essential for shifting to backup programs on nights that prove to be unsuitable for stable fringe tracking or reliable laser projection.
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