Prospects for unprecedented seeing in Antarctica

Seeing degradation is almost entirely the result of thermal inhomogeneity in the atmosphere and at most observatory sites, a major contributor to this inhomogeneity is the diurnal variation in temperature. In addition to its effects on the free atmosphere, the daily temperature variation leads to lo...

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Published in:Highlights of Astronomy
Main Author: Gillingham, Peter
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1992
Subjects:
General Medicine
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1539299600022589
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s1539299600022589 2023-05-15T14:11:42+02:00 Prospects for unprecedented seeing in Antarctica Gillingham, Peter 1992 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1539299600022589 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1539299600022589 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Highlights of Astronomy volume 9, page 585-585 ISSN 1539-2996 General Medicine journal-article 1992 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s1539299600022589 2022-04-07T08:03:19Z Seeing degradation is almost entirely the result of thermal inhomogeneity in the atmosphere and at most observatory sites, a major contributor to this inhomogeneity is the diurnal variation in temperature. In addition to its effects on the free atmosphere, the daily temperature variation leads to local seeing degradation, especially with large telescopes, because the temperatures of massive components tend to lag behind the temperature of the surrounding air and give rise to convective disturbances. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Cambridge University Press (via Crossref) Highlights of Astronomy 9 585 585
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