Preface |
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Conference Group Picture |
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Organizers |
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In Memory of A. Erasmus |
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Scientific Program |
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Optical Turbulence in High Angular Resolution Techniques in Astronomy |
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1 | (12) |
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An Astronomer's View of Optical Turbulence |
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13 | (10) |
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Using the Scintillation of Extended Objects to Probe the Lower Atmosphere |
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23 | (3) |
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Optical Turbulence Profiles at CTIO from a 12-element Lunar Scintillometer |
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26 | (8) |
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HVR-GS at Mt. Graham: Optical Turbulence Vertical Distribution with Standard and High Resolution |
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34 | (8) |
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Profilometry for the Lower Terrestrial Atmosphere |
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42 | (8) |
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SLODAR Turbulence Monitors |
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50 | (8) |
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High Resolution SLODAR Measurements on Mauna Kea |
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58 | (8) |
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Vertical Turbulence Profiles at Canary Islands Astronomical Sites |
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66 | (8) |
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M. A. C. Rodriguez-Hernandez |
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C2n Profile from Shack-Hartmann Data: First Steps for Co-slidar Data Processing |
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74 | (8) |
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How We Can Understand the Antarctic Atmosphere? |
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82 | (8) |
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TMT Site Testing Survey: Instruments, Methods and Operations |
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90 | (8) |
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TMT Site Testing Survey: Calibration and Results |
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98 | (10) |
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Wavefront Characterization Campaign at Paranal Using GSM, MOSP, DIMM-MASS, LUSCI and SCIDAR |
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108 | (12) |
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Turbulence Outer Scale for High Angular Resolution Techniques |
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120 | (8) |
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Retrieving High Layer Atmospheric Turbulence Statistics on E-ELT Scales |
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128 | (8) |
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The Paranal Surface Layer |
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136 | (8) |
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The Mesoscale Meteorological Models Meso-NH and AROME |
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144 | (12) |
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Introduction to Data Assimilation in Meteorology |
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156 | (9) |
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Adaptation of Force Restore ISBA Model to Polar Conditions |
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165 | (8) |
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Mesoscale NWP Over Antarctica: AMPS and Support for Ground-Based Astronomy |
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173 | (11) |
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ForOT: A New Approach for the Optical Turbulence Studies Applied to the Ground-based Astronomy |
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184 | (12) |
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The Mauna Kea Weather Center: A Case for Custom Seeing Forecasts |
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196 | (12) |
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Numerical Simulations of the Wintertime Optical Turbulence in Antarctica with the Mesoscale Model Meso-NH |
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208 | (8) |
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Meteorological Study of an Event of Occurrence of Optical Turbulence at the TMT Candidate Sites |
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216 | (8) |
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The Ground Layer Turbulence Observed by MASS-DIMM During the TMT Site Testing and Its Relation to Meteorological Parameters |
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224 | (8) |
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Astroclimatological Analysis of Ground Based Observatories |
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232 | (8) |
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Comparison of the Atmosphere Above the South Pole, Dome C and Dome A: First Attempt |
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240 | (8) |
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Correlating SODAR Turbulence Measurements with Ground Heat Flux Data |
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248 | (8) |
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Climatology at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory |
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256 | (8) |
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Snodar II: Probing the Atmospheric Boundary Layer on the Antarctic Plateau |
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264 | (7) |
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Adaptive Optics and Interferometry: Present and Future Systems and Impact of Turbulence |
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271 | (12) |
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A New Sensor for Laser Tomography on ELTs |
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283 | (8) |
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Imaka: Imaging from Mauna Kea |
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291 | (8) |
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Dealing with Turbulence: MCAO Experience and Beyond |
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299 | (8) |
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Pupil Slicing Adaptive Optics: Making Extremely Large Telescopes Diffraction Limited at Short Wavelengths |
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307 | (1) |
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Why is the VLT Very Efficient? |
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308 | (8) |
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Future-Look Science Operations for the LBT |
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316 | (8) |
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Preparing for Operations with the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) |
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324 | (10) |
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Evaluation of the GFS and MM5 Meteorological Models for Paranal, Macon and Pachon Astronomical Zones |
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334 | (8) |
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The Impact of Seismicity on High Angular Resolution Astronomy: The Case of the Canary Islands |
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342 | (8) |
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Turbulence Structure and Meteorological Conditions at Teide and Roque de los Muchachos Observatories (Canary Islands) |
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350 | (8) |
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Studying the Relationship Between the Average Velocity of the Turbulence and High Altitude Winds at the Teide Observatory |
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358 | (8) |
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C. del Giorgio-Castiglione |
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The Antarctica Polar Vortex: Study of Winter 2005 |
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366 | (5) |
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371 | (8) |
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Giant Magellan Telescope Site Testing and Characterization at Las Campanas Observatory |
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379 | (8) |
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Author Index |
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