Optical turbulence forecasts at short time-scales using an autoregressive method at the Very Large Telescope

E Masciadri, A Turchi, L Fini - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In this study we demonstrate that we can provide forecasts of all the main astroclimatic
parameters (seeing, wavefront coherence time, isoplanatic angle, and ground-layer fraction) …

Modern optical astronomy: technology and impact of interferometry

SK Saha - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2002 - APS
The present “state of the art” and the path to future progress in high-spatial-resolution
imaging interferometry is reviewed. The review begins with a treatment of the fundamentals …

MOSE: operational forecast of the optical turbulence and atmospheric parameters at European Southern Observatory ground-based sites–I. Overview and vertical …

E Masciadri, F Lascaux, L Fini - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
We present an overview of the MOSE (MOdelling ESO Sites) project that aims to prove the
feasibility of the forecast of the classical atmospheric parameters (wind-speed intensity and …

Optical turbulence forecast: ready for an operational application

E Masciadri, F Lascaux, A Turchi… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
One of the main goals of the feasibility study MOSE (MOdelling ESO Sites) is to evaluate the
performances of a method conceived to forecast the optical turbulence (OT) above the …

Atmospheric and seeing forecast: WRF model validation with in situ measurements at ORM

C Giordano, J Vernin, H Vázquez Ramió… - Monthly Notices of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
We present a comparison between in situ measurements and forecasted data at the
Observatorio del Roque de Los Muchachos. Forecasting is obtained with the Weather …

Use of weather research and forecasting model outputs to obtain near-surface refractive index structure constant over the ocean

C Qing, X Wu, X Li, W Zhu, C Qiao, R Rao, H Mei - Optics express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
The methods to obtain atmospheric refractive index structure constant (Cn2) by instrument
measurement are limited spatially and temporally and they are more difficult and expensive …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling optical turbulence and seeing over Mauna Kea

T Cherubini, S Businger, R Lyman… - Journal of applied …, 2008 - journals.ametsoc.org
Atmospheric turbulence is a primary concern for astronomers. Turbulence causes amplitude
and phase fluctuations in electromagnetic waves propagating through the atmosphere …

Improvements in the optical turbulence parameterization for 3D simulations in a region around a telescope

E Masciadri, P Jabouille - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2001 - aanda.org
In preceding papers we have presented comparisons between simulated and measured
profiles above two of the best astronomical sites: Cerro Paranal (Chile)(Masciadri et …

3D numerical simulations of optical turbulence at the Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory using the atmospherical model Meso-Nh

E Masciadri, J Vernin, P Bougeault - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2001 - aanda.org
We show results obtained from simulations of the optical turbulence (OT), provided by the
atmospheric non-hydrostatic Meso-Nh model applied to the astronomical site of Roque de …

Atmospheric turbulence and wind profiles monitoring with generalized scidar

R Avila, J Vernin, LJ Sánchez - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2001 - aanda.org
We present a method for simultaneous measurement of the vertical distribution of the optical
turbulence strength and wind velocity in the Earth's atmosphere, based on an analysis of …