Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica Serie de Conferencias, Vol. 19, 2003
Series Editor: Silvia Torres-Peimbert
Associate Editor: William Henney
San Pedro Mártir: Astronomical Site Evaluation
México, D. F. and Ensenada B. C., April 3-4, 2003
Proceedings Editors:
Irene Cruz-González, Remy Avila & Mauricio Tapia
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
J. Franco
PARTICIPANTS
Present Observatory Status
A primer for the San Pedro Mártir observatory
J. A. López & L. Gutiérrez
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
Contribution of the surface layer to the seeing at San Pedro M�rtir:
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
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
The Seeing at San Pedro Mártir Observatory as Measured Using the DIMM Method
R. Michel, J. Echevarría, R. Costero, & O. Harris
Site Testing at San Pedro Mártir
J. Echevarría
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
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
Efficiency of low-order adaptive correction for the San Pedro M�rtir observatory: Experimental Results
V. V. Voitsekhovich & V. G. Orlov
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
Sky Transparency
Twenty years of weather and observing statistics in San Pedro Mártir, Baja California, Mexico
M. Tapia
The Importance of Atmospheric Extinction Measures and the Mean Extinction Curve for San Pedro Mártir
L. Parrao & W. J. Schuster
Eight Years of Millimetric Atmospheric Opacity Measurements at San Pedro Mártir Sierra in Baja California
D. Hiriart
Meteorology
Four Years of Meteorological Measurements at San Pedro Mártir Observatory
R. Michel, D. Hiriart & A. Chapela
High altitude wind velocity at San Pedro Mártir and Mauna Kea
E. Carrasco & M. Sarazin
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
Workshop Summary
Workshop summary
R. Avila, I. Cruz-González & M. Tapia
Author Index