Characterising daytime atmospheric conditions on La Palma

Townson, M.J.; Kellerer, A.; Osborn, J.; Butterley, T.; Morris, T.; Wilson, R.W.

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/595/1/012035

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Authors

Mr Matthew Townson matthew.townson@durham.ac.uk
Academic Visitor

A. Kellerer

Dr James Osborn james.osborn@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

T. Butterley

Professor Timothy Morris t.j.morris@durham.ac.uk
Professor

R.W. Wilson

Abstract

Day-time turbulence profiles are important for the next generation of Solar Telescopes, which will be equipped with multi conjugate adaptive optics systems. We measured daytime turbulence profiles above La Palma from 17th to 19th September 2013 using a wide- field wave-front sensor. The measured profiles are consistent with previous measurements and suggest that the majority of the turbulence is located close to the ground. Our method does not yet permit precise measurements of high altitude turbulence due to limited instrument and analysis sensitivity.

Citation

Townson, M., Kellerer, A., Osborn, J., Butterley, T., Morris, T., & Wilson, R. (2015). Characterising daytime atmospheric conditions on La Palma. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 595, Article 012035. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/595/1/012035

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Jan 1, 2015
Deposit Date	Nov 29, 2016
Publicly Available Date	Jun 28, 2018
Journal	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Print ISSN	1742-6588
Electronic ISSN	1742-6596
Publisher	IOP Publishing
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	595
Article Number	012035
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/595/1/012035

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