Astroclimatology Forecast Models

Introduction

• "Internal Workshop on Forecasting Observing Conditions", May 1997, ESO Garching. Agenda, Speakers and HTML Executive Summary (also as gzipped ps file)

Feasibility Studies

• Feasibility study of a meteorological prediction model for ESO observatories in Chile, CRS4, Cagliari (I), 1995.
• Feasibility Study of seeing prevision in the Paranal area using Meso-NH meteorological model, Nice University, Nice (F), 1997
• The Feasibility of Forecasting Cirrus Cloud Cover and Water Vapor above Telescope Sites in Northern Chile, A. Erasmus, South African Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town (SA), 1999-2003.
• Analysis of local flow in the Paranal area using MM5 meso-scale meteorological model, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich (D), 2002
• Feasibility study of a GIS based interactive database as a tool for ELT site survey, University Fribourg, (CH), 2005.
• Analysis of meteorological conditions in Macon (Argentina) using the MM5 model (Final Report, pdf), University of Valparaiso, Faculty of Science, Valparaiso (CH), 2007
• Measuring and Forecasting PWV above La Silla, APEX and Paranal Observatories (Final Report, pdf), University of Valparaiso, Faculty of Science, Valparaiso (CH), 2010
• Extracting the sky quality from METEOSAT second generation satellite (Final Report, pdf), Abdelouahed Abahamid, Caddi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco, 2010
• Radiosonde Campaign in Paranal Observatory 2011 (Final Report, pdf), University of Valparaiso, Faculty of Science, Valparaiso (CH), 2011
• Feasibility Study of seeing prevision in the Paranal area using Meso-NH meteorological model; MOSE (Modelling Sites ESO) Technical Report (pdf), INAF/Osservatorio Astrosico di Arcetri, Florence (I), 2013

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