Mauna Loa Seeing Study
Introduced in Effective Benchmarks for Optical Turbulence Modeling2023
The Mauna Loa Seeing Study was performed by the EOL/Integrated Surface Flux System team, capturing surface meteorology and flux products at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.
The MLO-Cn2 dataset enables researchers to evaluate physics-inspired models for optical turbulence ($C_n^2$), as well as develop new models from sonic anemometer data.
Sonic anemometers were deployed during Summer 2006 at the Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii to quantify the atmospheric seeing quality, to help NCAR/HAO plan current and future telescope observations. This study was intended to replicate measurements made previously for planning the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST). Deployment and operations for this study were done by HAO staff, and ISFF provided equipment and some data management support.
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