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First multiband atmospheric extinction in Antarctica PAIX monitoring the South Polar Sky by Chadid, M, Vernin, J

“…ABSTRACT For the first time, multiband atmospheric extinction in Antarctica is reported. Extinction coefficients are derived from $17\, 500$ CCD stellar…”
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Weather Research and Forecasting prevision model as a tool to search for the best sites for astronomy: application to La Palma, Canary Islands by Giordano, C., Vernin, J., Trinquet, H., Muñoz-Tuñón, C.

“…We present a study of the spatial variation of forecast conditions at La Palma, Canary Islands. Previsions are obtained with the Weather Research and…”
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Atmospheric and seeing forecast: WRF model validation with in situ measurements at ORM by Giordano, C., Vernin, J., Vázquez Ramió, H., Muñoz-Tuñón, C., Varela, A. M., Trinquet, H.

“…We present a comparison between in situ measurements and forecasted data at the Observatorio del Roque de Los Muchachos. Forecasting is obtained with the…”
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Antarctica photometry of the Blazhko RR Lyrae star S Arae by Zalian, C., Chadid, M., Vernin, J., Abe, L., Agabi, A.

“…We pursue the study of S Arae, an RRab Lyrae Blazho star, using unique, uninterrupted and accurate optical photometric data acquired from Antarctica at Dome C…”
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Optical Turbulence Profiling with Balloons Relevant to Astronomy and Atmospheric Physics by Azouit, M., Vernin, J.

“…We present here an in situ technique to measure the microstructure of the temperature field in our atmosphere. It consists of an autonomous payload that…”
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Optical turbulence characterization at LAMOST site: observations and models by Liu, L-Y, Giordano, C, Yao, Y-Q, Vernin, J, Chadid, M, Wang, H-S, Yin, J, Wang, Y-P

“…Atmospheric optical turbulence seriously limits the performance of high angular resolution instruments. An eight-night campaign of measurements was carried out…”
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Forecasting the precipitable water vapour content: validation for astronomical observatories using radiosoundings by Pérez-Jordán, G., Castro-Almazán, J. A., Muñoz-Tuñón, C., Codina, B., Vernin, J.

“…The atmospheric precipitable water vapour content (PWV) strongly affects astronomical observations in the infrared (IR). We have validated the Weather Research…”
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Monitoring the optical turbulence in the surface layer at Dome C, Antarctica, with sonic anemometers by Aristidi, E., Vernin, J., Fossat, E., Schmider, F.-X., Travouillon, T., Pouzenc, C., Traullé, O., Genthon, C., Agabi, A., Bondoux, E., Challita, Z., Mékarnia, D., Jeanneaux, F., Bouchez, G.

“…The optical turbulence above Dome C in winter is mainly concentrated in the first tens of metres above the ground. Properties of this so-called surface layer…”
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Using stellar scintillation for studies of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere by Sofieva, V. F., Dalaudier, F., Vernin, J.

“…Stellar scintillation observed through the Earth's atmosphere is the result of interaction of light waves and the turbulent atmosphere. This review is…”
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First Whole Atmosphere Nighttime Seeing Measurements at Dome C, Antarctica by Agabi, A., Aristidi, E., Azouit, M., Fossat, E., Martin, F., Sadibekova, T., Vernin, J., Ziad, A.

“…We report site‐testing results obtained in the nighttime during the polar autumn and winter at Dome C. These results were collected during the first Concordia…”
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Optical Turbulence Profiles at Mauna Kea Measured by MASS and SCIDAR by Tokovinin, A., Vernin, J., Ziad, A., Chun, M.

“…The vertical distribution of turbulence over Mauna Kea has been measured on four nights in 2002 October, simultaneously using two different instruments based…”
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Single star scidar: atmospheric parameters profiling using the simulated annealing algorithm by Habib, A., Vernin, J., Benkhaldoun, Z., Lanteri, H.

“…In this paper, we present a new method to estimate, for each turbulent layer labelled i, the horizontal wind speed v(hi), the standard deviation of the…”
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Generalized SCIDAR Measurements at San Pedro Mártir. I. Turbulence Profile Statistics by Avila, R., Masciadri, E., Vernin, J., Sánchez, L. J.

“…We present the results of monitoring optical‐turbulence profiles at San Pedro Mártir, Mexico, during 11 nights in 1997 March and April, and 16 nights in 2000…”
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Generalized SCIDAR Measurements at San Pedro Mártir. II. Wind Profile Statistics by Avila, R., Carrasco, E., Ibañez, F., Vernin, J., Prieur, J.‐L., Cruz, D. X.

“…We present the results of monitoring the speed of optical turbulent layers in the atmosphere above San Pedro Mártir, Mexico, during 15 nights in 2000 May. The…”
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Automatic Determination of Wind Profiles with Generalized SCIDAR by Prieur, J.‐L., Avila, R., Daigne, G., Vernin, J.

“…We present an iterative, potentially automated method for deriving wind profiles from generalized scintillation detection and ranging (SCIDAR) measurements,…”
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Anisoplanatic error evaluation and wide-field adaptive optics performance at Dome C, Antarctica by Carbillet, M., Aristidi, É., Giordano, C., Vernin, J.

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Using stellar scintillation for studies of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere by Sofieva, V. F., Dalaudier, F., Vernin, J.

“…Stellar scintillation observed through the Earth's atmosphere is the result of interaction of light waves and the turbulent atmosphere. This review is…”
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European Extremely Large Telescope Site Characterization I: Overview by Vernin, Jean, Muñoz-Tuñón, Casiana, Sarazin, Marc, Vazquez Ramió, Héctor, Varela, Antonia M., Trinquet, Hervé, Miguel Delgado, José, Jiménez Fuensalida, Jesús, Reyes, Marcos, Benhida, Abdelmajid, Benkhaldoun, Zouhair, García Lambas, Diego, Hach, Youssef, Lazrek, M., Lombardi, Gianluca, Navarrete, Julio, Recabarren, Pablo, Renzi, Victor, Sabil, Mohammed, Vrech, Rubén

“…The site for the future European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) is already known to be Armazones, near Paranal (Chile). The selection was based on a variety…”
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MS-8209, a new Amphotericin B derivative that inhibits HIV-1 replication in vitro and restores T-cell activation via the CD3/TcR in HIV-infected CD4+ cells by Céfai, D, Hadida, F, Jung, M, Debre, P, Vernin, J G, Seman, M

“…A new Amphotericin B derivative, MS-8209, which retains high antifungal activity with greatly reduced toxicity and improved solubility, has been developed. We…”
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Dome C Site Characterization in 2006 with Single-Star SCIDAR by Giordano, Christophe, Vernin, Jean, Chadid, Merieme, Aristidi, Eric, Agabi, Abdelkrim, Trinquet, Hervé

“…ABSTRACT We present observations made in 2006 with the single-star SCIDAR (SSS) at Dome C in Antarctica, allowing us to determine optical turbulence C N 2 ( h…”
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