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MLO-Cn2 (Mauna Loa Seeing Study)
The Mauna Loa Seeing Study was performed by the EOL/Integrated Surface Flux System team, capturing surface meteorology and flux products at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.
The MLO-Cn2 dataset enables researchers to evaluate physics-inspired models for optical turbulence (Cₙ²), as well as develop new models from sonic anemometer data.
Summary
Sonic anemometers were deployed during Summer 2006 at the Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii to quantify the atmospheric seeing quality, to help NCAR/HAO plan current and future telescope observations. This study was intended to replicate measurements made previously for planning the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST). Deployment and operations for this study were done by HAO staff, and ISFF provided equipment and some data management support.
Details
Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 160.007 * doi:10.26023/CQR2-TQJ9-AH10 https://doi.org/10.26023/CQR2-TQJ9-AH10
Related projects * MLO_CN2: Mauna Loa Seeing Study (Cn-squared study) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/MLO_CN2
Additional information * Frequency: 5 minute * Language: English
Categories * Surface
Platforms * Flux Tower * NCAR/EOL Integrated Surface Flux System - ISFS
Instruments * Eddy Correlation Devices * Sonic Anemometer * Surface Flux * Surface Meteorology
Related links * homepage: MLO_CN2 project main web page http://www.eol.ucar.edu/isf/projects/MLO_CN2/ * info: Integrated Surface Flux System https://www.eol.ucar.edu/observing_facilities/isfs * homepage: MLO_CN2 Project Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/mlocn2
Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2006-06-09 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2006-08-08 23:59:59
Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 19.53 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 19.53 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -155.57 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -155.57
Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support datahelp@eol.ucar.edu https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1
Additional contact information * author: NSF NCAR/EOL ISFS Team https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/3140
Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/160.007?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/160.007?format=isotc211
Benchmarks archive 2025-07-28
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| First row (archive order) | Paper | Code | ||||
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| Time Series Forecasting | MLO-Cn2 | GBRT RMSE 0.428 | Effective Benchmarks for Optical Turbulence Modeling | cdjellen/otbench | 7 | Compare |
| Time Series Regression | MLO-Cn2 | GBRT RMSE 0.212 | Effective Benchmarks for Optical Turbulence Modeling | cdjellen/otbench | 5 | Compare |
Papers archive 2025-07-28
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| Date | Samples run Syntology | |||
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| Effective Benchmarks for Optical Turbulence Modeling | 1 | 12 | 7 Jan 2024 | not harvested |
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