Bibcode
García-Lorenzo, B.; Eff-Darwich, A.; Fuensalida, J. J.; Castro-Almazán, J.
Bibliographical reference
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 414, Issue 2, pp. 801-809.
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2011
Citations
4
Refereed citations
3
Description
García-Lorenzo et al. presented a complete study of atmospheric
parameters relevant for adaptive optics in relation to wind speed at the
Teide Observatory (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain). The atmospheric
parameters were derived by combining C2N profiles
derived from generalized-SCIDAR observations and wind vertical profiles
from radiosondes. Later, Avila & Cuevas pointed out that the
generalized-SCIDAR data processing leads an overstimation of the actual
turbulence strength, showing that the error introduced strongly depends
on the observational setup of the generalized-SCIDAR observations. Avila
& Cuevas provided the exact expression of the error that can be
applied to correct the retrieved C2N profiles.
Recently, García-Lorenzo & Fuensalida calculated the error
induced during data processing for all the observational configurations
of the generalized-SCIDAR observations obtained at the Teide
Observatory, showing that these errors are significant for some setups.
Following the procedure in Avila & Cuevas, García-Lorenzo
& Fuensalida corrected the full data base of atmospheric turbulence
profiles for Teide Observatory. Here we present the corrected
atmospheric parameters and show the different relationships between
atmospheric parameters and wind speed. We conclude that the results of
García-Lorenzo et al. were not drastically affected by the errors
introduced in the C2N profiles in the
generalized-SCIDAR data processing, and that the conclusions there are
the same after the correction of the profiles and recalculation of the
atmospheric parameters.