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Monitoring daytime and nighttime optical turbulence profiles with the PML instrument

Authors :
Aristidi, Eric
Ziad, Aziz
Fantéï-Caujolle, Yan
Chabé, Julien
Giordano, Christophe
Renaud, Catherine
Lantéri, Henri
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

The Profiler of Moon Limb is a recent instrument dedicated to the monitoring of optical turbulence profile of the atmosphere. Fluctuations of the Moon or the Sun limb allow to evaluate the index refraction structure constant C_n^2(h) and the wavefront coherence outer scale L_0(h) as a function of the altitude $h$. The atmosphere is split into 33 layers with an altitude resolution varying from 100m (at the ground) to 2km (in the upper atmosphere). Profiles are obtained every 3mn during daytime and nighttime. We report last advances on the instrument and present some results obtained at the Plateau de Calern (France).<br />Comment: AO4ELT6, Qu\'ebec, June 2019

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2002.04947
Document Type :
Working Paper