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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/24076
Title: Dealing with the forecast of the optical turbulence as a tool to support astronomy assisted by AO facilities
Authors: MASCIADRI, ELENA 
Lascaux, Franck
FINI, Luca
Issue Date: 2015
Journal: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES 
Number: 595
Issue: 1
Abstract: In the context of the research activities related to the forecast of the optical turbulence and the atmospherical parameters being relevant for ground-based astronomy we focus here our attention on two specific topics: 1. pros and cons of different solutions to supply wind speed and direction stratification on the whole atmosphere all along a night to support AO facilities; 2. the necessity of instrumentation for optical turbulence monitoring (vertical profiles on the whole atmosphere) to be used operationally. In the last two decades the development and the use of different vertical profilers covering the whole atmosphere or part of it in application to the astronomy took place. Several instruments based on different principles (with associated pros and cons) have been applied in different contexts in astronomy with a main use in the site characterization and site selection. Time changed and the necessity of the astronomy supported by AO facilities is much more demanding with a diversification of applications. Recently, motivated by a precise necessity related to the identification of an absolute reference to carry out studies on optical turbulence forecasts (MOSE project), we carried out a verification of the reliability of a few instruments that lead us to put in evidence some limitations for a few of them. At the same time such a detailed analysis permitted us to clarify the nature of some astroclimatic parameters. The main conclusion at which we arrived is two-fold. From one side we could trace a list of warnings related to different uses of such instruments. On the other side we could identify open problems that indicate that there is still space for research in the field of turbulence monitoring in application to the astronomy. Some suggestions are proposed.
Conference Name: Adapting to the Atmosphere Conference 2014
Conference Place: Durham, UK
Conference Date: 15-18 September, 2014
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/24076
URL: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/595/1/012020
ISSN: 1742-6588
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/595/1/012020
Bibcode ADS: 2015JPhCS.595a2020M
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