Site Testing Databases

Last update: September 27th, 2024

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AstroGIS, Global Site Selection for Astronomy Satellite instruments are used to get the following datasets of Geographical Information System (GIS) layers: Cloud Coverage, Digital Elevation Model, Artificial Light, Precipitable Water Vapor, Aerosol Optical Depth, Wind Speed and Land Use – Land Cover.

Arizona Radio Observatory (ARO), University of Arizona, ARO/SMT, Weather Statistics, Optical Depths at ARO (in Kitt Peak) and the Sub-Millimeter Telescope (SMT) in Mount Graham  and current atmospheric opacity conditions.

 Calar Alto Observatory, CAHA, Operational Meteorological Data 

European Southern Observatory, Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, Operational Meteorological and Precipitable Water Vapor Data 

European Southern Observatory, Very Large Telescope Paranal Observatory Site Annual and Monthly Statistics of Astro-Climatology Parameters (seeing precipitable water vapor, temperature, wind speed and relative humidity).

European Southern Observatory, Very Large Telescope, Astronomical Site Monitor Database & Meteorological Database

European Southern Observatory, Atacama Large Millimeter Array, Site Testing Database (1998-2005) 

European Southern Observatory, Climate Data, FriOWL 3.1 Computer Interface 

(*) Indian Institute Of Astrophysics, Himalayan Chandra Telescope, Hanle, Operational & Archived (Plots) Meteorological Data 

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Sky Team: ORM, TEIDE Observatories, Forecast, Meteorological, Seeing and PWV observations.

Italian Antarctic Research Programme (PNRA), Meteo-Climatological Observatory, AWS Charts (16 stations across the Antarctica)  

Las Campanas Observatory, GMT Project, Site Weather Data

Large Binocular Telescope Observatory, LBTO, Advanced LBT Turbulence and Atmosphere Model (ALTA) website keep at Inaf – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri

Large Binocular Telescope Observatory, LBTO, Operational Telemetry/Seeing Data

Mauna Kea Weather Center, MKWC, Operations Database: Forecast & Data Archive

Mauna Kea Weather Center (MKWC) / Canada France Hawai’i Telescope (CFHT), MASS and DIMM data archive.

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Nobeyama Radio Observatory, ALMA-J Site Testing Data Archive.

National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Atacama Large Millimeter Array, Site Testing Database (1998-2004)

National Solar Observatory, GONG Project, Solar flux data plots & analysis at GONG Sites

National Solar Observatory, GONG Network Monitor, Current Solar Radiation at GONG Network Sites

Observatoire universitaire d’Astronomie Cadi Ayyad, Oukaimeden, Maroc, Meteorological Data Plots, ASCAM, NW-Africa Cloud Coverage

Observatorio de la Armada en San Fernando (ROA), Carlsberg Meridian Telescope, Atmospheric Extinction (in V) at CAM, La Palma, Islas Canarias (1984-Present)

(*) South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO), South African Large Telescope (SALT), MASS-DIMM Seeing Database

South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO), South African Large Telescope (SALT), Current Weather Conditions

Thirty-Meter Telescope,  TMT Project, Site Testing Database (2004-2008)