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Towards operational optical turbulence forecast systems at different scales
Elena Masciadri, Alessio Turchi, Luca Fini
The forecast on a time scale of 1 or 2 hours is crucial for all kind of new generation facilities (ELTs) instrumentation supported by the adaptive optics that will be mainly operat…
Optical turbulence forecast over short timescales using machine learning techniques
A. Turchi, E. Masciadri, L. Fini
Forecast of optical turbulence and atmospheric parameters relevant for ground-based astronomy is becoming an important goal for telescope planning and AO instruments optimization i…
Optical turbulence forecast in the Adaptive Optics realm
Elena Masciadri, Alessio Turchi, Luca Fini
(35-words maximum) In this talk I present the scientific drivers related to the optical turbulence forecast applied to the ground-based astronomy supported by Adaptive Optics, the…
GIARPS: commissioning and first scientific results
R. Claudi, S. Benatti, I. Carleo +41
GIARPS (GIAno \& haRPS) is a project devoted to have on the same focal station of the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG) both high resolution spectrographs, HARPS-N (VIS) and GIANO…
GIARPS@TNG GIANO-B & HARPS-N together for a wider wavelength range spectroscopy
R. Claudi, S. Benatti, I. Carleo +36
Since 2012, thanks to the installation of the high resolution echelle spectrograph in the optical range HARPS-N, the Italian telescope TNG (La Palma) became one of the key faciliti…
Forecasting surface layer atmospheric parameters at the LBT site
Alessio Turchi, Elena Masciadri, Luca Fini
In this paper we quantify the performances of an automated weather forecast system implemented on the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) site at Mt. Graham (Arizona) in forecasting th…
Optical turbulence forecast: ready for an operational application
Elena Masciadri, Franck Lascaux, Alessio Turchi +1
One of the main goals of the feasibility study MOSE (MOdellig ESO Sites) is to evaluate the performances of a method conceived to forecast the optical turbulence above the ESO site…
GIARPS: the unique VIS-NIR high precision radial velocity facility in this world
Riccardo Claudi, Serena Benatti, Ilaria Carleo +30
GIARPS (GIAno & haRPS) is a project devoted to have on the same focal station of the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG) both the high resolution spectrographs HARPS-N (VIS) and GIA…
Forecasts of the atmospherical parameters close to the ground at the LBT site in the context of the ALTA project
Alessio Turchi, Elena Masciadri, Luca Fini
In this paper we study the abilities of an atmospherical mesoscale model in forecasting the classical atmospherical parameters relevant for astronomical applications at the surface…
Operational optical turbulence forecast for the Service Mode of top-class ground based telescopes
E. Masciadri, F. Lascaux, A. Turchi +1
In this contribution we present the most relevant results obtained in the context of a feasibility study (MOSE) undertaken for ESO. The principal aim of the project was to quantify…
Forecast of surface layer meteorological parameters at Cerro Paranal with a mesoscale atmospherical model
Franck Lascaux, Elena Masciadri, Luca Fini
This article aims at proving the feasibility of the forecast of all the most relevant classical atmospherical parameters for astronomical applications (wind speed and direction, te…
MOSE: optical turbulence and atmospherical parameters operational forecast at ESO ground-based sites. I: Overview and atmospherical parameters vertical stratification on [0-20] km
E. Masciadri, F. Lascaux, L. Fini
We present the overview of the MOSE project (MOdeling ESO Sites) aiming at proving the feasibility of the forecast of the classical atmospherical parameters (wind speed intensity a…
MOSE: optical turbulence and atmospherical parameters operational forecast at ESO ground-based sites. II: atmospherical parameters in the surface layer [0-30] m
Franck Lascaux, Elena Masciadri, Luca Fini
This article is the second of a series of articles aiming at proving the feasibility of the forecast of all the most relevant classical atmospherical parameters for astronomical ap…
Large Binocular Telescope Adaptive Optics System: New achievements and perspectives in adaptive optics
Simone Esposito, Armando Riccardi, Enrico Pinna +15
The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) is a unique telescope featuring two co-mounted optical trains with 8.4m primary mirrors. The telescope Adaptive Optics (AO) system uses two inno…
Numerical control matrix rotation for the LINC-NIRVANA Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics system
Carmelo Arcidiacono, Thomas Bertram, Roberto Ragazzoni +10
LINC-NIRVANA will realize the interferometric imaging focal station of the Large Binocular Telescope. A double Layer Oriented multi-conjugate adaptive optics system assists the two…