The GONG site survey.

Hill, F.; Ambastha, A.; Ball, W.; Duhalde, O.; Farris, D.; Fischer, G.; Hieda, L.; Zhen, Huang; Ingram, B.; Jackson, P.; Jones, H.; Jones, W.; Kennewell, J.; Kunkel, W.; Kupke, R.; Labonte, B.; Leibacher, J.; Libbrecht, K.; Lu, W.; Morrison, L.; Odell, C.; Pallé, P.; Saá, O.; Sousa, E.; Stebbins, T.; Xiao, Suming; GONG Site Survey Team
Bibliographical reference

Symposium on Seismology of the Sun and Sun-Like Stars, ESA SP-286, p. 209 - 215

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12
1988
Number of authors
27
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
15
Refereed citations
12
Description
The Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG) project is planning to place six observing stations around the world to observe the solar oscillations as continuously as possible. This paper describes the procedures that are being used to select the six sites. The latest results of measurements of cloud cover obtained by networks of 6 (out of 10) radiometers show a duty cycle of over 93%, with the first diurnal sidelobe in the window power spectrum suppressed by a factor of 400. The results are in good agreement with the predictions of a computer model of the expected cloud cover at individual sites.