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Automated Shack-Hartmann seeing measurements at the South Pole

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2003

Authors

Travouillon, T
Ashley, Michael
Burton, Michael Graham
Storey, John W
Conroy, Peter
Hovey, Gary
Jarnyk, Mark
Sutherland, Ralph
Loewenstein, R.F.

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Springer

Abstract

The statistics and dynamics of the atmospheric seeing at the South Pole have been studied over a period of 101 days in winter. These measurements have been made with the first fully autonomous differential image motion monitor, the A-DIMM. The analysis shows an average seeing of 1.9″ with a standard deviation of 0.6″. The extensive set of data has allowed the study of the seeing time variations, showing that the seeing varies by a factor of two within a characteristic time of 2 hours.

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Keywords: Dynamics; Image analysis; Space research; Statistical mechanics; Site testing; South pole; Winter; Astronomy Site testing; Turbulence

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/78299

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ANU Research Publications

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Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Journal article

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10.1051/0004-6361:20031170

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2037-12-31

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