Bibcode
García-Lorenzo, B.; Fuensalida, J. J.; Castro-Almazán, J. A.; Rodríguez-Hernández, M. A. C.
Bibliographical reference
Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems XII. Edited by Kohnle, Anton; Stein, Karin; Gonglewski, John D. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7476, pp. 74760E-74760E-12 (2009).
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2009
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Description
The proper characterization of the turbulence structure in an
astronomical site requires a statistical analysis of the refractive
index structure constant, CN2(h). Our team has been
monitoring this variable since November 2002 at the Teide Observatory
(Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain). We have derived the seasonal
evolution of turbulence structure at this site using data from more than
150 nights of useful G-SCIDAR measurements. The monthly statistical
profiles for different years present a similar structure for different
years, suggesting a stable seasonal evolution of the turbulence at the
Canary Islands sites. From this statistical analysis, we have derived
the seasonal evolution of the Fried's parameter, the isoplanatic angle
and the coherence time. The average values for these parameters are <
r0 >=15.1+/-4.6 cm, <θ0 >= 2.7+/-1.3 arcsec and
<τ0 >= 5.8 +/- 3.1 ms. Uncertainties indicate the standard
deviation of the averaged measurements. These statistical values for
atmospheric adaptive optics parameters and their smooth seasonal
behavior bring up the sky quality of the Canary Islands astronomical
sites for the implementation of adaptive optics systems.