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FRONT MATTER
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OPTICAL TURBULENCE IN HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION TECHNIQUES IN ASTRONOMY
JACQUES M. BECKERS | 1 |
AN ASTRONOMER'S VIEW OF OPTICAL TURBULENCE
RENÉ RACINE | 13 |
USING THE SCINTILLATION OF EXTENDED OBJECTS TO PROBE THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE
JACQUES M. BECKERS | 23 |
OPTICAL TURBULENCE PROFILES AT CTIO FROM A 12-ELEMENT LUNAR SCINTILLOMETER
PAUL HICKSON, THOMAS PFROMMER and ARLIN P. CROTTS | 26 |
HVR-GS AT MT. GRAHAM: OPTICAL TURBULENCE VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION WITH STANDARD AND HIGH RESOLUTION
E. MASCIADRI, J. STOESZ, F. LASCAUX and S. HAGELIN | 34 |
PROFILOMETRY FOR THE LOWER TERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERE
J. BORGNINO, A. BERDJA, A. ZIAD and J. MAIRE | 42 |
SLODAR TURBULENCE MONITORS
R. W. WILSON, T. BUTTERLEY and J. OSBORN | 50 |
HIGH RESOLUTION SLODAR MEASUREMENTS ON MAUNA KEA
T. BUTTERLEY, R. W. WILSON, M. R. CHUN, R. AVILA and J.-L. AVILES | 58 |
VERTICAL TURBULENCE PROFILES AT CANARY ISLANDS ASTRONOMICAL SITES
B. GARCIA-LORENZO, J.J. FUENSALIDA, J. CASTRO-ALMAZAN and M.A.C. RODRIGUEZ-HERNANDEZ | 66 |
$C_n^2$ PROFILE FROM SHACK-HARTMANN DATA: FIRST STEPS FOR CO-SLIDAR DATA PROCESSING
C. ROBERT, N. VÉDRENNE, V. MICHAU and J-M. CONAN | 74 |
HOW WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE ANTARCTIC ATMOSPHERE?
J.W.V. STOREY, M.C.B. ASHLEY and J.S. LAWRENCE | 82 |
TMT SITE TESTING SURVEY: INSTRUMENTS, METHODS AND OPERATIONS
R. L. RIDDLE, W. SKIDMORE, T. TRAVOUILLON, M. SCHÖCK and S. ELS | 90 |
TMT SITE TESTING SURVEY: CALIBRATION AND RESULTS
M. SCHÖCK, S. ELS, R. RIDDLE, W. SKIDMORE and T. TRAVOUILLON | 98 |
WAVEFRONT CHARACTERIZATION CAMPAIGN AT PARANAL USING GSM, MOSP, DIMM-MASS, LUSCI AND SCIDAR
WASSILA DALI ALI, AZIZ ZIAD, AMOKRANE BERDJA, JEROME MAIRE, JULIEN BORGNINO, MARC SARAZIN, GIANLUCA LOMBARDI, JULIO NAVARRETE, HECTOR VAZQUEZ RAMIO, MARCOS REYES, JOSE MIGUEL DELGADO, JESUS J. FUENSALIDA, ANDREI TOKOVININ and EDISON BUSTOS | 108 |
TURBULENCE OUTER SCALE FOR HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION TECHNIQUES
A. ZIAD, J. BORGNINO, J. MAIRE, A. BERDJA and F. MARTIN | 120 |
RETRIEVING HIGH LAYER ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE STATISTICS ON E-ELT SCALES
C. ARCIDIACONO, R. RAGAZZONI, J. FARINATO, G. GENTILE, A. BARUFFOLO, M. DIMA, C. METTI, V. VIOTTO and E. DIOLAITI | 128 |
THE PARANAL SURFACE LAYER
J. MELNICK, M. SARAZIN, G.-L. LOMBARDI and J. NAVARRETE | 136 |
THE MESOSCALE METEOROLOGICAL MODELS MESO-NH AND AROME
C. LAC, T. MARIC, J.P. PINTY, J. CUXART, V. MASSON and P. TULET | 144 |
INTRODUCTION TO DATA ASSIMILATION IN METEOROLOGY
P. BROUSSEAU and L. AUGER | 156 |
ADAPTATION OF FORCE RESTORE ISBA MODEL TO POLAR CONDITIONS
P. LE MOIGNE, J. NOILHAN, E. MASCIADRI, F. LASCAUX and I. PIETRONI | 165 |
MESOSCALE NWP OVER ANTARCTICA: AMPS AND SUPPORT FOR GROUND-BASED ASTRONOMY
JORDAN G. POWERS | 173 |
ForOT: A NEW APPROACH FOR THE OPTICAL TURBULENCE STUDIES APPLIED TO THE GROUND-BASED ASTRONOMY
E. MASCIADRI, F. LASCAUX, S. HAGELIN and J. STOESZ | 184 |
THE MAUNA KEA WEATHER CENTER: A CASE FOR CUSTOM SEEING FORECASTS
T. CHERUBINI, S. BUSINGER and R. LYMAN | 196 |
NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF THE WINTERTIME OPTICAL TURBULENCE IN ANTARCTICA WITH THE MESOSCALE MODEL MESO-NH
F. LASCAUX, E. MASCIADRI, S. HAGELIN and J. STOESZ | 208 |
METEOROLOGICAL STUDY OF AN EVENT OF OCCURRENCE OF OPTICAL TURBULENCE AT THE TMT CANDIDATE SITES
O. CUEVAS, M. CURE, A. CHACÓN, S. ELS, M. SCHÖCK, R. RIDDLE, W. SKIDMORE and T. TRAVOUILLON | 216 |
THE GROUND LAYER TURBULENCE OBSERVED BY MASS-DIMM DURING THE TMT SITE TESTING AND ITS RELATION TO METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS
S.G. ELS, M. SCHÖCK, R. RIDDLE, W. SKIDMORE and T. TRAVOUILLON | 224 |
ASTROCLIMATOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF GROUND BASED OBSERVATORIES
GIANLUCA LOMBARDI, VALENTINA ZITELLI and SERGIO ORTOLANI | 232 |
COMPARISON OF THE ATMOSPHERE ABOVE THE SOUTH POLE, DOME C AND DOME A: FIRST ATTEMPT
S. HAGELIN, E. MASCIADRI, F. LASCAUX and J. STOESZ | 240 |
CORRELATING SODAR TURBULENCE MEASUREMENTS WITH GROUND HEAT FLUX DATA
TONY TRAVOUILLON, REED RIDDLE, WARREN SKIDMORE, MATTHIAS SCHÖCK and SEBASTIAN ELS | 248 |
CLIMATOLOGY AT THE ROQUE DE LOS MUCHACHOS OBSERVATORY
ANTONIA M. VARELA and CASIANA MUÑOZ-TUÑÓN | 256 |
SNODAR II: PROBING THE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER ON THE ANTARCTIC PLATEAU
C.S. BONNER, M.C.B. ASHLEY, J.S. LAWRENCE, D.M. LUONG-VAN and J.W.V. STOREY | 264 |
ADAPTIVE OPTICS AND INTERFEROMETRY: PRESENT AND FUTURE SYSTEMS AND THE IMPACT OF TURBULENCE
PETER WIZINOWICH | 271 |
A NEW SENSOR FOR LASER TOMOGRAPHY ON ELTs
E. GENDRON, M. BRANGIER, G. CHENEGROS, F. VIDAL, Z. HUBERT, G. ROUSSET and F. POUPLARD | 283 |
IMAKA: IMAGING FROM MAUNA KEA
OLIVIER LAI, JEAN-CHARLES CUILLANDRE, MARK R. CHUN, RAY CARLBERG and HARVEY B. RICHER | 291 |
DEALING WITH TURBULENCE: MCAO EXPERIENCE AND BEYOND
R. RAGAZZONI, Y. MOMANY, C. ARCIDIACONO, R. FALOMO, J. FARINATO, M. GULLIEUSZIK, A. MORETTI, E. DIOLAITI, M. LOMBINI, G. PIOTTO, R. TUROLLA, E. MARCHETTI and R. DONALDSON | 299 |
PUPIL SLICING ADAPTIVE OPTICS: MAKING EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPES DIFFRACTION LIMITED AT SHORT WAVELENGTHS
JACQUES M. BECKERS | 307 |
WHY IS THE VLT VERY EFFICIENT?
F. COMERÓN | 308 |
FUTURE-LOOK SCIENCE OPERATIONS FOR THE LBT
RICHARD F. GREEN | 316 |
PREPARING FOR OPERATIONS WITH THE EUROPEAN EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPE (E-ELT)
F. COMERÓN | 324 |
EVALUATION OF THE GFS AND MM5 METEOROLOGICAL MODELS FOR PARANAL, MACON AND PACHON ASTRONOMICAL ZONES
A. CHACÓN, O. CUEVAS and M. CURÉ | 334 |
THE IMPACT OF SEISMICITY ON HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION ASTRONOMY: THE CASE OF THE CANARY ISLANDS
A. EFF-DARWICH, B. GARCÍA-LORENZO, L. BONATTO, L. HERNÁNDEZ-GUTIÉRREZ, R. VIÑAS, J.A. RODRIGUEZ-LOSADA, M.J. BLANCO and C. MUÑOZ-TUÑÓN | 342 |
TURBULENCE STRUCTURE AND METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AT TEIDE AND ROQUE DE LOS MUCHACHOS OBSERVATORIES (CANARY ISLANDS)
J. A. CASTRO-ALMAZÁN, B. GARCÍA-LORENZO and J. J. FUENSALIDA | 350 |
STUDYING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE AVERAGE VELOCITY OF THE TURBULENCE AND HIGH ALTITUDE WINDS AT THE TEIDE OBSERVATORY
B. GARCÍA-LORENZO, C. DEL GIORGIO-CASTIGLIONE, A. EFF-DARWICH and J.J. FUENSALIDA | 358 |
THE ANTARCTICA POLAR VORTEX: STUDY OF WINTER 2005
F. LASCAUX, E. MASCIADRI, S. HAGELIN and J. STOESZ | 366 |
SURFACE LAYER SLODAR
JAMES OSBORN, RICHARD WILSON and TIMOTHY BUTTERLEY | 371 |
GIANT MAGELLAN TELESCOPE SITE TESTING AND CHARACTERIZATION AT LAS CAMPANAS OBSERVATORY
JOANNA E. THOMAS-OSIP and GABRIEL E. PRIETO | 379 |
BACK MATTER
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