Astrophysical: Atmospheric effects

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    Precipitable Water Vapour measurements and forecasting at the Observatories.
    The precipitable water vapour (PWV) is the main absorber in the Earth's atmosphere at infrared (IR) and microwave wavelengths. In the last years, the IAC Sky...
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    Quantifying thermal water dissociation in the dayside photosphere of WASP-121 b using NIRPS
    The intense stellar irradiation of ultra-hot Jupiters results in some of the most extreme atmospheric environments in the planetary regime. On their daysides...
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    Recalibrated generalized SCIDAR measurements at Cerro Paranal (the site of the Very Large Telescope)
    Generalized SCIDAR (GS) measurements, which were taken at the Paranal Observatory in 2007 November/December in the context of a site qualification for the...
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    Recent results at the Canarian Observatories
    During the last years a mayor effort has been carried out both, in defining key parameters to quantify the quality of a site for astronomical observations, and...
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    Reconstructing the Photometric Light Curves of Earth as a Planet along Its History
    By utilizing satellite-based estimations of the distribution of clouds, we have studied Earth's large-scale cloudiness behavior according to latitude and...
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    Restoring the night sky darkness at Observatorio del Teide: First application of the model Illumina version 2
    The propagation of artificial light into real environments is complex. To perform its numerical modelling with accuracy, one must consider hyperspectral...
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    Results of site testing using an aerosol, backscatter lidar at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
    Because of the high quality of its sky, the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (ORM), located on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, is home to many...
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    Site testing at San Pedro Mártir
    The Observatorio Astronómico Nacional at San Pedro Mártir is located at 31°02'40''N and 115°28'00''W on the summit of the Sierra San Pedro Mártir on the Baja...
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    Solar polarimetry in the K I D2 line : A novel possibility for a stratospheric balloon
    Of the two solar lines, K I D1 and D2, almost all attention so far has been devoted to the D1 line, as D2 is severely affected by an O2 atmospheric band. This...