Using MASS for AO simulations: a note on the comparison between MASS and Generalized SCIDAR techniques

Lombardi, G.; Sarazin, M.
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 455, Issue 3, p.2377-2386

Fecha de publicación:
1
2016
Número de autores
2
Número de autores del IAC
1
Número de citas
8
Número de citas referidas
6
Descripción
Recent studies on the comparison between the Multi Aperture Scintillation Sensor (MASS) and Generalized Scintillation Detection and Ranging (G-SCIDAR) profiler techniques have suggested significant discrepancies between the results delivered by the two instruments. MASS has been largely used in the recent site testing campaigns for the future next generation giant telescopes [i.e. the European Extremely Large Telescope, the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) and the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT)] and is still used to monitor the conditions of world-class astronomical sites, as well as to deliver free atmosphere turbulence profiles to feed Adaptive Optics performance simulations. In this paper, we explore a different approach in the comparison between MASS and Generalized SCIDAR techniques with respect to previous studies, in order to provide a method for the use of the MASS data bases accumulated at European Southern Obseratory Paranal Observatory in Adaptive Optics simulations.