Researches of the astroclimate in the Special Astrophysical Observatory of RAS
V.V. Nosov1, V.P. Lukin1, E.V. Nosov1, A.V. Torgaev1, V.L. Afanas’ev2, Yu.Yu. Balega2, V.V. Vlasyuk2, V.E. Panchuk2, G.V. Yakopov2
1V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, 1, Academician Zuev square, Tomsk, 634055, Russia
2Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhnij Arkhyz, Zelenchukskiy region, Karachai-Cherkessian Republic, Russia 369167
Keywords: телескоп, астроклимат, турбулентность, когерентная структура, уравнения гидродинамики, telescope, astroclimate, turbulence, coherent structure, hydrodynamics equations
Abstract
The results of the astroclimate characteristics measurements in the Special Astrophysical Observatory of RAS (SAO, North Caucasus) in 2012 and 2016 are presented. The experimental results are obtained from long-term observation series of the day and night astroclimate in SAO. The presence of non-Kolmogorov coherent turbulence was detected over SAO territory, in which the quality of telescope images improves. The influence of an underlying surface type and a wind speed direction on the formation mode of coherent turbulence is explained. It was found that the causes for coherent turbulence formation are the mountainous terrain and the uneven heating of underlying surface. The airflow velocity distribution inside the dome room of the Big Telescope Alt-azimuth (BTA) had been experimentally researched. Numerical simulation of the air mass motions inside the BTA dome room had been performed to analyze the influence of a temperature regime and a form of constructions. The solutions of the boundary value problem confirm the existence of the experimentally registered vortex structure with a vertical rotation axis. The causes for its formation are the temperature gradients of the dome surfaces.
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