Daytime optical turbulence profiling with a profiler of the differential solar limb

T Song, Z Cai, Y Liu, M Zhao, Y Fang… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Atmospheric turbulence reduces the image quality and resolution of ground-based optical
telescopes. Future large solar telescopes (eg the CGST, China Giant Solar Telescope) …

Evaluation of the day-time ground-level turbulence at Mt Wumingshan with a microthermal sensor

T Song, Y Liu, Z Cai, M Zhao, X Zhang… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Surface-layer turbulence, especially the turbulence close to the ground (ground-level, GL),
critically determines the height at which to locate a ground-based telescope. It is also vital to …

Automatic solar seeing observations at mt. wumingshan in western china

TF Song, YM Wen, Y Liu, A Elmhamdi, AS Kordi… - Solar Physics, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Mountain Wumingshan (Mt. WMS) is located in the southeastern foot of the Tibet
Plateau with an altitude of 4,800 m. It is one of the candidate sites to place China's next …

A portable S-DIMM developed for preliminary measurement of seeing for Solar Site Survey: Theory and one case study

XM Duan, Y Liu, TF Song, FR Zhu - New Astronomy, 2024 - Elsevier
Imaging quality is highly important for astronomical observations. The imaging quality of a
telescope depends not only on the capabilities of the telescope itself but also on its location …

Optical Properties and Possible Origins of Atmospheric Aerosols over LHAASO in the Eastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau

J Xia, F Zhu, X Zhao, J Liu, H Liu, G Yuan, Q Sun… - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
The accuracy of cosmic ray observations by the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory
Wide Field-of-View Cherenkov/Fluorescence Telescope Array (LHAASO-WFCTA) is …

Operation of the astronomical monitoring stations at Mt. Wumingshan

Y Liu, X Li, X Zhang, T Song, J Wang… - … , and Systems VII, 2018 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Wumingshan mountain (Mt. WMS), located in the Grand Shangri-La area of south-west
China, has been selected as one of the most potential regions for hosting China's next …

Automatic data analysis for the Sky Brightness Monitor

MY Zhao, Y Liu, A Elmhamdi, AS Kordi… - Monthly Notices of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Sky Brightness Monitor (SBM) is an important instrument for measuring the
brightness level for the sky condition, which is a critical parameter when judging a site for …

Influence of atmospheric circulation on cloudiness and cloud types in Petuniabukta and Svalbard-Lufthavn in summer 2016

L Kolendowicz, M Półrolniczak, S Kendzierski… - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
The paper analyzes the influence of atmospheric circulation on cloudiness and cloud types
during July and August of 2016 in Petuniabukta and Svalbard-Lufthavn. For the …

Progress of site survey for large solar telescopes in western china

Y Liu, T Song, X Zhang, S Liu, M Zhao… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - cambridge.org
Excellent sites are necessary for developing and installing ground-based large telescopes.
For very-high-resolution solar observations, it had been unclear whether there exist good …

Climatological analysis of the seeing at Fuxian Solar Observatory

LH Chen, Z Liu, D Chen - Research in Astronomy and …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
There is a significant seasonal variation in the seeing of Fuxian Solar Observatory (FSO).
The seeing in summer and autumn is better than that in winter and spring. The overall …