PPT Slide
stronger-than-usual variations since roughly Nov 00 !
- No correlation with wind (‘summer’ is quiet, 1.8m/s average wind)
- Pollens? (intense ‘desierto florido’ last spring in area starting 50km NW of CTIO, prevailing wind is NE...)
- Need for permanent site monitoring with a particle counter?
4m tel. M1 coating grounded in August 00 in order to minimize dust retained by electrostatic forces : no obvious effect...