TY - GEN
T1 - Single detector stereo-SCIDAR for Mount Stromlo
T2 - Laser Communication and Propagation through the Atmosphere and Oceans V
AU - Korkiakoski, Visa
AU - Osborn, James
AU - Grosse, Doris
AU - Thorn, Elliott
AU - Piatrou, Piotr
AU - Bennet, Francis
AU - Rigaut, Francois
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 SPIE.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Satellite tracking and imaging is conducted by the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) and Electro-Optic Systems at Mount Stromlo as part of the Space Environment Management Cooperative Research Centre to support debris tracking. To optimally design adaptive optics systems for those applications, it is important to know the atmospheric profile, i.e. how the turbulence is distributed as a function altitude. We have designed a new stereo-SCIDAR instrument1 to conduct a site characterisation campaign at Mount Stromlo site. This paper summarises our current progress: specifications, design choices and post-processing techniques. In particular, we compare two different post-processing algorithms for stereo-SCIDAR, using simulated data cubes. One of the codes is implemented by the RSAA, the other by the Centre for Advanced Instrumentation, University of Durham. The comparison shows that the current implementations of both codes produce decent results. However, we can see potential for further improvements.
AB - Satellite tracking and imaging is conducted by the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) and Electro-Optic Systems at Mount Stromlo as part of the Space Environment Management Cooperative Research Centre to support debris tracking. To optimally design adaptive optics systems for those applications, it is important to know the atmospheric profile, i.e. how the turbulence is distributed as a function altitude. We have designed a new stereo-SCIDAR instrument1 to conduct a site characterisation campaign at Mount Stromlo site. This paper summarises our current progress: specifications, design choices and post-processing techniques. In particular, we compare two different post-processing algorithms for stereo-SCIDAR, using simulated data cubes. One of the codes is implemented by the RSAA, the other by the Centre for Advanced Instrumentation, University of Durham. The comparison shows that the current implementations of both codes produce decent results. However, we can see potential for further improvements.
KW - atmospheric turbulence profile measurement
KW - data post-processing
KW - generalised stereo-SCIDAR
KW - site characterization
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85007106621&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1117/12.2240643
DO - 10.1117/12.2240643
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Laser Communication and Propagation through the Atmosphere and Oceans V
A2 - van Eijk, Alexander M. J.
A2 - Davis, Christopher C.
A2 - Hammel, Stephen M.
PB - SPIE
Y2 - 30 August 2016 through 31 August 2016
ER -