European Extremely Large Telescope Site Characterization I: Overview

Bibcode
2011PASP..123.1334V
DOI
10.1086/662995
Vernin, Jean; Muñoz-Tuñón, C.; Sarazin, Marc; Vázquez-Ramió, H.; Varela, A. M.; Trinquet, Hervé; Delgado, J. M.; Fuensalida, J. J.; Reyes, M.; Benhida, Abdelmajid; Benkhaldoun, Zouhair; García Lambas, Diego; Hach, Youssef; Lazrek, M.; Lombardi, Gianluca; Navarrete, Julio; Recabarren, Pablo; Renzi, Victor; Sabil, Mohammed; Vrech, Rubén
Referencia bibliográfica

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 123, issue 909, pp.1334-1346

Fecha de publicación:
11
2011
Número de autores
20
Número de autores del IAC
6
Número de citas
53
Número de citas referidas
41
Descripción
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.
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