Climate diagnostic archives: an approach to ELT site selection

Begona M. Garcia-Lorenzo; Jesus Jimenez Fuensalida; Esteban Gonzales Mendizabal; Casiana Munoz-Tunon; Antonia Maria Varela

doi:10.1117/12.565513

11 November 2004 Climate diagnostic archives: an approach to ELT site selection

Begona M. Garcia-Lorenzo, Jesus Jimenez Fuensalida, Esteban Gonzales Mendizabal, Casiana Munoz-Tunon, Antonia Maria Varela

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Proceedings Volume 5572, Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems VII; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.565513
Event: Remote Sensing, 2004, Maspalomas, Canary Islands, Spain

Abstract

Climate diagnostic studies combine data from different sources (radiosoundes, satellites, meteorological masts, etc) and meteorological models to predict the climate conditions and evolution at a particular site or globally. Products from climate diagnosis are archived in long-term databases that may constitute a useful tool for site characterization. However, a rigorous control of data quality, analysis and cross-comparison to in-situ meteorological measurements need to be performed before the method becomes extensively used for site characterization. We present a statistical analysis for wind vertical profiles, an important parameter for site characterization, using data from a climate diagnostic archive and in-situ measurements (ground-level and balloon data).

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Begona M. Garcia-Lorenzo, Jesus Jimenez Fuensalida, Esteban Gonzales Mendizabal, Casiana Munoz-Tunon, and Antonia Maria Varela "Climate diagnostic archives: an approach to ELT site selection", Proc. SPIE 5572, Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems VII, (11 November 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.565513

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