European Extremely Large Telescope Site Characterization I: Overview

被引：62

作者：

Vernin, Jean ^{[1
]}

Munoz-Tunon, Casiana ^{[2
,3
]}

Sarazin, Marc ^{[4
]}

Vazquez Ramio, Hector ^{[2
]}

Varela, Antonia M. ^{[2
,3
]}

Trinquet, Herve ^{[1
]}

Miguel Delgado, Jose ^{[2
]}

Jimenez Fuensalida, Jesus ^{[2
,3
]}

Reyes, Marcos ^{[2
]}

Benhida, Abdelmajid ^{[5
,6
]}

Benkhaldoun, Zouhair ^{[5
]}

Garcia Lambas, Diego ^{[7
]}

Hach, Youssef ^{[5
]}

Lazrek, M. ^{[5
]}

Lombardi, Gianluca ^{[4
]}

Navarrete, Julio ^{[4
]}

Recabarren, Pablo ^{[7
]}

Renzi, Victor ^{[7
]}

Sabil, Mohammed ^{[5
]}

Vrech, Ruben ^{[7
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Nice Sophia Antipolis, Observ Cote Azur, CNRS UMR6525, F-06108 Nice 2, France

[2] Inst Astrofis Canarias, E-38205 San Cristobal la Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

[3] Univ La Laguna, Dept Astrofis, E-38205 Tenerife, Spain

[4] European So Observ, D-85748 Garching, Germany

[5] Univ Cadi Ayyad, Fac Sci Semlalia, High Energy Phys & Astrophys Lab, Marrakech, Morocco

[6] UCAM, Fac Sci & Tech, Dept Appl Phys, Marrakech, Morocco

[7] Univ Nacl Cordoba, Astron Observ, Inst Astron Teor & Expt, RA-5000 Cordoba, Argentina

来源：

PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC | 2011年 / 123卷 / 909期

关键词：

SINGLE STAR SCIDAR; LA-PALMA; TURBULENCE; DIMM; MASS; PARAMETERS; SATELLITE; SELECTION; AEROSOL; MONITOR;

D O I：

10.1086/662995

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The site for the future European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) is already known to be Armazones, near Paranal (Chile). The selection was based on a variety of considerations, with an important one being the quality of the atmosphere for the astronomy planned for the ELT. We present an overview of the characterization of the atmospheric parameters of candidate sites, making use of standard procedures and instruments as carried out within the Framework Programme VI (FP6) of the European Union. We have achieved full characterization of the selected sites for the parameters considered. Further details on adaptive optics results and climatology will be the subject of two forthcoming articles. A summary of the results of the FP6 site-testing campaigns at the different sites is provided.

引用

页码：1334 / 1346

页数：13

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