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Dust concentration and soil properties at the TMT candidate sites
Abstract
During the site testing campaign for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) in addition to the optical conditions of the atmosphere, measurements of the soil surface properties were obtained also. The dust concentration in the air was measured by means of dust sensors which were mounted underneath the mount of the site monitoring telescopes. The ground head fluxes and soil temperatures were measured several centimeters into the ground. On Cerro Armazones it was also possible to conduct an experiment to measure heat conduction of the soil. In this paper, all of these measurements are described, the results and their potential use is summarized.
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© 2012 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). The TMT project gratefully acknowledges the support of the TMT partner institutions. They are the Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy (ACURA), the California Institute of Technology and the University of California. This work was supported as well by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation, the National Research Council of Canada, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund, the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) and the U.S. National Science Foundation.Attached Files
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- Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy (ACURA)
- Caltech
- University of California
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Canada Foundation for Innovation
- Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
- National Research Council of Canada
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund
- Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)
- NSF
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- Thirty Meter Telescope
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- 8444