Published May 10, 2008
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Journal article
Study on the precision of the multiaperture scintillation sensor turbulence profiler (MASS) employed in the site testing campaign for the Thirty Meter Telescope
Description
The multiaperture scintillation sensor (MASS) has become a device widely employed to measure the altitude distribution of atmospheric turbulence. An empirical study is reported that investigates the dependence of the MASS results on the knowledge of the instrumental parameters. Also, the results of a side-by-side comparison of two MASS instruments are presented, indicating that MASS instruments permit measurements of the integrated seeing to a precision better than 0.05 arc sec and of the individual turbulence layer strength Cn2(h)dh to better than 10-14 m1/3
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1364/AO.47.002610;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Applied Optics
- Journal Volume
- 47
- Journal Issue
- 14
- Journal Page Range
- p. 2610-2618
- ISSN
- 0003-6935
- CODEN
- APOPAI
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40003308
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCURACY; ALTITUDE; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; LAYERS; MEASURING METHODS; SCINTILLATIONS; SENSORS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TELESCOPES; TESTING; TURBULENCE
- Descriptors DEC
- DISTRIBUTION; EVALUATION
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2008 Optical Society of America