Atmospheric components (aerosols and clouds) and UV radiation in CTA sites: Analysis considering satellite data and model calculations

PIACENTINI R D, CRINÓ E, IPIÑA A, MICHELETTI M I AND SALUM G M.

Buenos Aires Capital Federal, Argentina

Conferencia; Reunión de la Colaboración Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA); 2011

Colaboración Argentina CTA

1. Aerosols (instrument MISR aboard of EOS-AM1/NASA satellite data) 2. Cloud fraction at night (instrument MODIS on board of NASA/AQUA satellite). 3. Cloud and aerosol vertical distributions at night (CALIOP lidar aboard CALIPSO/NASA satellite data) 4. UV radiation (instrument OMI/KMNI of Holland on board of AURA/NASA satellite data and TUV model calculation results). 5. Precipitable water(NASA/SSE data, based on more than 200 satellites) 6. Possible generation of solar electricity using CTA (NASA/SSE data, based on more than 200 satellites)