The Large Millimeter Telescope - Berkeley Center for Cosmological ...
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LMT Site Characteristics<br />
• Site - Sierra La Negra (97 o 18’ 53” W, +18 o 59 ’ 06 ” )<br />
• altitude 4600m (15100 ft.)<br />
WIND (Q1, median, Q2)<br />
• median wind-speed 2.7, 4.5, 6.7 m/s<br />
• wind speed < 10 m/s (90% time)<br />
OPACITY<br />
• median opacity Τ 225GHz ~ 0.1 (winter), 0.3 (summer)<br />
2mm PWV 6 mm PWV<br />
TEMPERATURE (Q1, median, Q2)<br />
• Day (8am – 6pm) 0.2, 2.0, 3.4 degrees Celcius<br />
• Night (8pm – 6am) -1.2, 0.3, 1.4