San Pedro Mártir: Astronomical Site Evaluation

México, D. F. and Ensenada B. C., April 3-4, 2003

Editors: Irene Cruz-González, Remy Avila & Mauricio Tapia

• Present Observatory Status
• Atmospheric Turbulence
• Sky Transparency
• Meteorology
• Geotechnical Studies
• Workshop Summary

Table of Contents

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Preface
J. Franco
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List of Participants

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Present Observatory Status

A primer for the San Pedro Mártir observatory
J. A. López & L. Gutiérrez
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Atmospheric Turbulence

Optical-Turbulence and Wind Profiles at San Pedro Mártir
R. Avila, F. Ibañez, J. Vernin, E. Masciadri, L. J. Sánchez, M. Azouit, A. Agabi, S. Cuevas, & F. Garfias
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Contribution of the surface layer to the seeing at San Pedro Mártir:
Simultaneous microthermal and DIMM measurements
L. J. Sánchez, D. X. Cruz, R. Avila, A. Agabi, M. Azouit, S. Cuevas, F. Garfias, S. I. González, O. Harris, E. Masciadri, V. G. Orlov, J. Vernin, & V. V. Voitsekhovich
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Wavefront outer scale measurements at San Pedro Mártir Observatory. Its impact on Adaptive Optics performances
R. Conan, R. Avila, L. J. Sánchez, A. Ziad, F. Martin, J. Borgnino, O. Harris, S. I. González, R. Michel, & D. Hiriart
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The Seeing at San Pedro Mártir Observatory as Measured Using the DIMM Method
R. Michel, J. Echevarría, R. Costero, & O. Harris
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Site Testing at San Pedro Mártir
J. Echevarría
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Development of a Generalized SCIDAR at UNAM
D. X. Cruz, F. Angeles, R. Avila, S. Cuevas, A. Farah, S. I. González, A. Iriarte, L. A. Martínez, M. Martínez, B. Sánchez, & L. J. Sánchez
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Off-axis Point Spread Function and Efficiency for Adaptive Optics at San Pedro Mártir and other sites
V. G. Orlov, L. J. Sánchez, R. Avila, & V. V. Voitsekhovich
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Efficiency of low-order adaptive correction for the San Pedro Mártir observatory: Experimental Results
V. V. Voitsekhovich & V. G. Orlov
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3D Optical Turbulence Characterization at
San Pedro Mártir
E. Masciadri, R. Avila, L. J. Sánchez, S. Cuevas, F. Garfias, A. Agabi, M. Azouit, & J. Vernin
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Sky Transparency

Twenty years of weather and observing statistics in San Pedro Mártir, Baja California, Mexico
M. Tapia
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The Importance of Atmospheric Extinction Measures and the Mean Extinction Curve for San Pedro Mártir
L. Parrao & W. J. Schuster
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Eight Years of Millimetric Atmospheric Opacity Measurements at San Pedro Mártir Sierra in Baja California
D. Hiriart
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Meteorology

Four Years of Meteorological Measurements at San Pedro Mártir Observatory
R. Michel, D. Hiriart & A. Chapela
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High altitude wind velocity at San Pedro Mártir and Mauna Kea
E. Carrasco & M. Sarazin
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Geotechnical Studies

Geotechnical Study of the OAN/SPM
B. Sánchez, G. Díaz V., J. E. Castilla, J. Grijalva, R. Porres, F. Garay, V. Zamarripa, & V. Castellanos
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Workshop Summary

Workshop summary
R. Avila, I. Cruz-González & M. Tapia
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Author Index

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