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arXiv 2002.12658astro-ph.IMphysics.ao-ph
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提高短时间尺度下光学turbulence预报性能的滤波技术

Filtering techniques to enhance optical turbulence forecast performances at short time scales

E. Masciadri, G. Martelloni, A. Turchi

摘要:

在自适应光学(AO)技术支持下的地面天文设施的管理效率依赖于我们对光学湍流(OT)和一组相关大气参数的预报能力。事实上,尽管AO目前能够实现优异的波前校正水平(H波段的Strehl比率高达90%),但其性能强烈依赖于大气条件。提前知道湍流条件允许AO使用的优化。它已经被证明是可能的,提供可靠的预报的光学湍流(CN2廓线和综合天文气候参数,如视宁度,等晕角,波前相干时间,.)第二天晚上在本文中,我们证明了它是可能的,以提高预测性能在较短的时间尺度(一个或两个小时的顺序)与一致的增益(顺序为2至8)使用过滤技术。这使我们能够实现以前从未获得过的预测精度,并达到天文应用的一个基本里程碑。一个或两个小时的时间尺度是有效管理天文台支持的地面望远镜的最关键的时间尺度。因此,这里显示的结果为该领域的一场重要革命打开了大门。我们实现了这种方法的业务预测系统的大型双目望远镜,名为ALTA中心,这是在我们所知的,第一个业务系统提供预测的湍流和大气参数在短时间尺度,以支持科学操作。

英文摘要:

The efficiency of the management of top-class ground-based astronomical facilities supported by Adaptive Optics (AO) relies on our ability to forecast the optical turbulence (OT) and a set of relevant atmospheric parameters. Indeed, in spite of the fact that the AO is able to achieve, at present, excellent levels of wavefront corrections (a Strehl Ratio up to 90% in H band), its performances strongly depend on the atmospheric conditions. Knowing in advance the turbulence conditions allows an optimization of the AO use. It has already been proven that it is possible to provide reliable forecasts of the optical turbulence (CN2 profiles and integrated astroclimatic parameters such as seeing, isoplanantic angle, wavefront coherence time, ...) for the next night. In this paper we prove that it is possible to improve the forecast performances on shorter time scales (order of one or two hours) with consistent gains (order of 2 to 8) using filtering techniques. This has permitted us to achieve forecasts accuracies never obtained before and reach a fundamental milestone for the astronomical applications. The time scale of one or two hours is the most critical one for an efficient management of the ground-based telescopes supported by AO. Results shown here open, therefore, to an important revolution in the field. We implemented this method in the operational forecast system of the Large Binocular Telescope, named ALTA Center that is, at our knowledge, the first operational system providing forecasts of turbulence and atmospheric parameters at short time scales to support science operations.

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