Atmospheric Optical Turbulence Measurements Taken at Anderson Mesa, Flagstaff, Arizona between 13-19 November 1989

From 13 to 19 November 1989, the Naval Postgraduate School Atmospheric Optics Group acquired atmospheric optical turbulence measurements at the 31-inch Lowell Observatory telescope dome facility on Anderson Mesa, 16 km southeast of Flagstaff, Arizona. The parameters measured, the transverse coherenc...

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Main Authors: Vaucher, Gail T, Vaucher, Christopher A, Walters, Donald L
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ARIZONA
ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS
Astronomy
ATMOSPHERIC MOTION
ATMOSPHERIC OPTICAL TURBULENCE
COHERENCE
DOMES(STRUCTURAL FORMS)
FACILITIES
ISOPLANATIC ANGLE
LENGTH
MEASUREMENT
OBSERVATORIES
OPTICAL DATA
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
SITES
SURVEYS
SYNTHETIC APERTURE SONAR
TELESCOPES
TRANSVERSE
TRANSVERSE COHERENCE LENGTH
TURBULENCE
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Summary:From 13 to 19 November 1989, the Naval Postgraduate School Atmospheric Optics Group acquired atmospheric optical turbulence measurements at the 31-inch Lowell Observatory telescope dome facility on Anderson Mesa, 16 km southeast of Flagstaff, Arizona. The parameters measured, the transverse coherence length and the isoplanatic angle, were part of an ongoing site survey for a large-scale, ground-based, synthetic aperture system (100-300 m baseline stellar interferometer). This report compiles, analyses and summarizes the acquired optical data. Also discussed are the synoptic meteorological events present during the data acquisition period.