Site Selection for a Very Large Telescope using GIS techniques

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  • Edward Graham
  • Marc Sarazin
  • Martin Beniston
  • Claude Collet
  • Michael Hayoz
  • Moritz Neun
چکیده

1. INTRODUCTION Astronomical research at present requires that a telescope with an aperture diameter of between 50 and 100 metres be constructed within the next 10 years or so. This new generation of telescope will be called OWL (Overwhelmingly Large), and it represents one order of magnitude increase in size over today's telescopes. Selection of an ideal site for this giant telescope is dependent on many climatological, meteorological, and topographical parameters (1). Among these are cloud cover, atmospheric humidity, aerosol content, airflow direction and strength, air temperature, topography, and seismicity. Even relatively minor changes in weather patterns can have a significant effect on seeing conditions (2).

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تاریخ انتشار 2005