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Paper Abstract
This paper presents preliminary daytime profiles taken using a Wide-Field Shack-Hartmann Sensor at the Swedish
Solar Telescope (SST), La Palma. These are contrasted against Stereo-SCIDAR data from corresponding nights to
assess the validity of the assumptions currently used for simulating the performances of possible Multi-Conjugate
Adaptive Optics (MCAO) systems for future solar telescopes, especially the assumption that the structure of the high
altitude turbulence is mostly similar between the day and the night. We find that for our data both the altitude and the
strength of the turbulence differ between the day and the night, although more data is required to draw any conclusions
about typical behaviour and conditions.
Paper Details
Date Published: 8 July 2014
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V, 91473E (8 July 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2056451
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9147:
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V
Suzanne K. Ramsay; Ian S. McLean; Hideki Takami, Editor(s)
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V, 91473E (8 July 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2056451
Show Author Affiliations
Matthew J. Townson, Durham Univ. (United Kingdom)
Aglaé Kellerer, Durham Univ. (United Kingdom)
James Osborn, Durham Univ. (United Kingdom)
Aglaé Kellerer, Durham Univ. (United Kingdom)
James Osborn, Durham Univ. (United Kingdom)
Timothy Butterley, Durham Univ. (United Kingdom)
Timothy Morris, Durham Univ. (United Kingdom)
Richard W. Wilson, Durham Univ. (United Kingdom)
Timothy Morris, Durham Univ. (United Kingdom)
Richard W. Wilson, Durham Univ. (United Kingdom)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9147:
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V
Suzanne K. Ramsay; Ian S. McLean; Hideki Takami, Editor(s)
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