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SLODAR: measuring optical turbulence altitude with a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor (2002)
Journal Article
Wilson, R. (2002). SLODAR: measuring optical turbulence altitude with a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 337(1), 103-108. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05847.x

This paper discusses the use of Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensors to determine the vertical distribution of atmospheric optical turbulence above large telescopes. It is demonstrated that the turbulence altitude profile can be recovered reliably from t... Read More about SLODAR: measuring optical turbulence altitude with a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor.

Characterization of the mesospheric sodium layer at La Palma (2001)
Journal Article
Michaille, L., Clifford, J., Dainty, J., Gregory, T., Quartel, J., Reavell, F., …Wooder, N. (2001). Characterization of the mesospheric sodium layer at La Palma. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 328(4), 993-1000. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04703.x

We present the results of a mesospheric sodium monitoring programme at La Palma carried out through five campaigns of one week each, from 1999 September to 2000 August. The yearly averaged parameters of the layer (the sodium column density and the wi... Read More about Characterization of the mesospheric sodium layer at La Palma.

Diffraction-limited 800 nm imaging with the 2.56 m Nordic optical telescope (2001)
Journal Article
Baldwin, J., Tubbs, R., Cox, G., Mackay, C., Wilson, R., & Andersen, M. (2001). Diffraction-limited 800 nm imaging with the 2.56 m Nordic optical telescope. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 368(1), L1-L4. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361%3A20010118

A quantitative assessment is presented of diffraction-limited stellar images with Strehl ratios of 0.25-0.30 obtained by selection of short-exposure CCD images of stars brighter than +6 m at 810 nm with the Nordic Optical Telescope.

First Sodium Laser Beacon at La Palma (2000)
Digital Artefact
Michaille, L., Quartel, J., Dainty, J., Wooder, N., Wilson, R., & Gregory, T. (2000). First Sodium Laser Beacon at La Palma

The Half Arcsecond Programme (I) (2000)
Digital Artefact
Packham, C., Wilson, R., Azzaro, M., O'Mahony, N., Fine, S., Gray, D., Reyes, V., & Martín, C. (2000). The Half Arcsecond Programme (I)

The seeing at the William Herschel Telescope (1999)
Journal Article
Wilson, R., O'Mahony, N., Packham, C., & Azzaro, M. (1999). The seeing at the William Herschel Telescope. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 309, 379-387