Climate diagnostic archives: an approach to ELT site selection

Garcia-Lorenzo, Begona M.; Fuensalida, J. J.; Mendizabal, Esteban G.; Munoz-Tunon, Casiana; Varela, Antonia M.
Bibliographical reference

Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems VII. Edited by Gonglewski, John D.; Stein, Karin. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5572, pp. 68-75 (2004).

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2004
Number of authors
5
IAC number of authors
5
Citations
2
Refereed citations
1
Description
Climate diagnostic studies combine data from different sources (radiosoundes, satellites, meteorological masts, etc) and meteorological models to predict the climate conditions and evolution at a particular site or globally. Products from climate diagnosis are archived in long-term databases that may constitute a useful tool for site characterization. However, a rigorous control of data quality, analysis and cross-comparison to in-situ meteorological measurements need to be performed before the method becomes extensively used for site characterization. We present a statistical analysis for wind vertical profiles, an important parameter for site characterization, using data from a climate diagnostic archive and in-situ measurements (ground-level and balloon data).