Bibcode
Fuensalida, J. J.; Chueca, Sergio; Delgado, Jose M.; Garcia-Lorenzo, Begona M.; Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Jose M.; Hoegemann, Claudia K.; Mendizabal, Esteban G.; Reyes, Marcos; Verde, Manuel; Vernin, Jean
Bibliographical reference
Second Backaskog Workshop on Extremely Large Telescopes. Edited by Ardeberg, Arne L.; Andersen, Torben. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5382, pp. 619-626 (2004).
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2004
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Description
Knowledge of vertical structure of the turbulence in a site is an
essential input for the requirements, performances and operation of
Adaptive Optics systems. The statistics of the turbulence intensity and
the coherence time of the layers affect the complexity of the design and
implementation of a particular MCAO system. On the other hand, the
operation of such systems could be optimized if the height and velocity
of the layers were available in real time. We present statistical
results of the SCIDAR turbulence profiles obtained at the observatories
Canary Islands. Statistics of characteristic parameters, of special
interest for MCAO, are presented here, together with their temporal
evolution. The results have been checked with simultaneous
meteorological measurements. We have used the balloon sounding
meteorological database of the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia of the
Santa Cruz station (Tenerife) to evaluate the physical conditions
related with the behavior of the optical propagation. We have compared
this study with the database of indirect measurements from satellites.
The reliability of these data has been proved in relation to the balloon
meteorological database for all height levels on Tenerife.