Contents

• Contents
• INTRODUCTION
• SEEING
  • Temperature structure coefficient
  • Full Width Half Maximum
  • Relationship of the temperature structure coefficient to the mean velocity and temperature fields
  • The free convection case
• DOME SEEING
  • The "steady local air" dome effect
  • Dome seeing caused by a warmer dome floor
  • Seeing caused by heat generation at the secondary mirror unit
  • Mirror seeing in still air
  • Mirror seeing in forced flow
• CONCLUSIONS
• SYMBOLS
• Bibliography