1. Astroclimatic Characterization of Vallecitos: A Candidate Site for the Cherenkov Telescope Array at San Pedro Mártir.
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Gagik Tovmassian, Mercedes-Stephania Hernandez, Jose Luis Ochoa, Jean-Pierre Ernenwein, Dusan Mandat, Miroslav Pech, Ilse Plauchu Frayn, Enrique Colorado, Jose Manuel Murillo, Urania Ceseña, Benjamin Garcia, William H. Lee, Tomasz Bulik, Markus Garczarczyk, Christian Fruck, Heide Costantini, Marek Cieslar, Taylor Aune, Stephane Vincent, and John Carr
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MICROCLIMATOLOGY ,SPACE telescopes - Abstract
We conducted an 18 month long study of the weather conditions of the Vallecitos, a proposed site in México to harbor the northern array of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). It is located in Sierra de San Pedro Mártir (SPM) a few kilometers away from Observatorio Astronómico Nacional. The study is based on data collected by the ATMOSCOPE, a multi-sensor instrument measuring the weather and sky conditions, which was commissioned and built by the CTA Consortium. Additionally, we compare the weather conditions of the optical observatory at SPM to the Vallecitos regarding temperature, humidity, and wind distributions. It appears that the excellent conditions at the optical observatory benefit from the presence of microclimate established in the Vallecitos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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