Speaker
Description
In recent years Manua Kea, LBT, and now also ESO, have been
implementing an atmospheric turbulence forecast scheme. With advance
knowledge of turbulence conditions becoming more and more available,
and the availability of highly specialized simulation software such as
PASSATA or the more recent TIPTOP, it has become conceivable to think
about predicting the PSF figures of merit (namely SR and FWHM) for
specific AO instruments and scientific targets. Such forecast is part
of ALTA-2 project for LBT and potentially it can be of great help in
planning AO observations to match the best atmospheric conditions and
maximize the scientific throughput of a top-class telescope. In this
contribution we present a preliminary evaluation of the current
confidence limits of such an approach, comparing the results of PASSATA
simulations to real time measurements of SR and FWHM obtained from
SOUL (FLAO LBT upgrade) and SAXO (on SPHERE at Paranal). A comparison
is also performed with respect to TIPTOP simulations.
