SADIBEKOVA , Tatiana

This thesis was undertaken within the framework of the E-ELT project (European Extremely Large Telescope) where the site characterization for the future large telescopes is the paramount goal. The very important factor for astronomical observations is the atmospheric turbulence. Several techniques exist to measure the various integral...

This paper describes a comparison between balloon radio-soundings made in summer at the Concordia station, Dome C, Antarctica and coincident model-based meteorological analyses. The comparison allows the assessment of the reliability of the analyses in summer. This allows the use of the winter analyses within an estimated range of uncertainty,...