The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회보)
- Volume 39 Issue 2
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- Pages.101.1-101.1
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- 2014
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- 1226-2692(pISSN)
Statistical analysis of Anomalous Refraction on KVN sites
- Lee, Jeong Ae (Korea Astronomy and Space science Institute (KASI)) ;
- Byun, Do-Young (Korea Astronomy and Space science Institute (KASI)) ;
- Sohn, Bong Won (Korea Astronomy and Space science Institute (KASI))
- Published : 2014.10.13
Abstract
The fluctuation of VLBI visibility phase can be occurred, predominantly caused by the irregular distribution and motion of water vapor in the atmosphere at high frequencies (>1GHz). This radio-seeing effect shows up on filled-aperture telescopes as an anomalous refraction (AR). This can be shown as if the antenna pointing-offset increases, in other words the apparent displacement of radio sources from its nominal position happens. We carried out the single-dish observations on KVN sites in order to check the effect of AR from 2010 to 2014. Orion KL, U Her, and R Leo were observed with 1second sampling time at 22.235GHz and 43.122GHz simultaneously. Each source was observed with the tracking mode for 30 minutes per a source. We analyzed the structure function, power spectrum and Allan variance of the data according to a day and a night, a season and observatories. Finally, we can infer that the AR effect depends on the atmospheric environment, especially tropospheric turbulence.
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