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ANGEL CUSTODIO OTAROLA MEDEL

Atmosphere Scientist

European Southern Observatory

Vitacura, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Monitoreo activo y pasivo de la termodinámica de la atmosfera con aplicación en el modelamiento de la turbulencia óptica que influye en la degradación de la calidad de imagen de observaciones astronómicas desde la superficie terrestre.

Educación

  •  Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona. Estados Unidos, 2008

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Site Tester Full Time

    European Southern Observatory

    Santiago, Chile

    1990 - 2007

  •   Graduate Student Full Time

    University of Arizona

    Tucson, Estados Unidos

    2004 - 2008

  •   System Scientist Full Time

    Thirty Meter Telescope Corporation

    Tucson, Estados Unidos

    2007 - 2020

  •   Atmosphere Scientist Full Time

    European Southern Observatory

    Santiago, Chile

    2020 - At present


 

Article (16)

A comparison of next-generation turbulence profiling instruments at Paranal



Article
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY  (2024)

On the Impact of ENSO Cycles and Climate Change on Telescope Sites in Northern Chile

Seidel, Julia Victoria; Otarola, Angel; Theron, Valentina

Article ISI
ATMOSPHERE  (2023)

The high optical brightness of the BlueWalker 3 satellite

Adam, Christian; Anderson-Baldwin, Jasmine; Bannister, Michele T.; Battle, Adam; Campbell, Tanner; Plauchu Frayn, Ilse; Guillen, Pedro F.; Kaeouach, Aziz Ettahar; Krantz, Harrison R.; Langbroek, Marco; et al.

Article ISI
NATURE  (2023)

Impact of the SpaceX Starlink Satellites on the Zwicky Transient Facility Survey Observations

Prince, Thomas A.; Dekany, Richard; Duev, Dmitry A.; Graham, Matthew J.; Groom, Steven L.; Masci, Frank J.; Medford, Michael S.

Article ISI
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS  (2022)

Optical-to-NIR magnitude measurements of the Starlink LEO Darksat satellite and effectiveness of the darkening treatment



Article ISI
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS  (2021)

Measuring line-of-sight sodium density structure using laser guide stars

Hellemeier, Joschua A.; Calia, Domenico Bonaccini; Hickson, Paul; Pfrommer, Thomas

Article ISI
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY  (2020)

Precipitable Water Vapor, Temperature, and Wind Statistics At Sites Suitable for mm and Submm Wavelength Astronomy in Northern Chile

Nyman, LA; Wootten, A; Radford, SJE; Sarazin, M; Kerber, F

Article ISI SCOPUS
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC  (2019)

Retrieval of water vapor using ground-based observations from a prototype ATOMMS active centimeter- and millimeter-wavelength occultation instrument

Ward, Dale M.; Otarola, Angel C.; Stovern, Michael; McGhee, Josh; Young, Abe; Hainsworth, Jared; Hagen, Jeff; Sisk, William; Reed, Heather

Article ISI
ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES  (2019)

Can turbulence within the field of view cause significant biases in radiative transfer modeling at the 183 GHz band?

Calbet, Xavier; Peinado-Galan, Niobe; DeSouza-Machado, Sergio; Kursinski, Emil Robert; Oria, Pedro; Ward, Dale; Ripodas, Pilar

Article ISI
ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES  (2018)

Parque Astronomic de Atacama: An Ideal Site for Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Mid-Infrared Astronomy

Bustos R.; Rubio M.; Otárola A.; Nagar, N.

Article ISI
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC  (2014)

Development and testing of the Active Temperature, Ozone and Moisture Microwave Spectrometer (ATOMMS) cm and mm wavelength occultation instrument

Kursinski, E. R.; Ward, D.; Stovern, M.; Otarola, A. C.; Wheelwright, B.; Stickney, R.; Albanna, S.; Hainsworth, J.

Article ISI
ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES  (2012)

Modeling of pulsed-laser guide stars for the Thirty Meter Telescope project

Rochester, Simon M.; Boyer, Corinne; Budker, Dmitry; Ellerbroek, Brent; Holzloehner, Ronald; Wang, Lianqi

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS  (2012)

Impact of sodium laser guide star fratricide on multi-conjugate adaptive optics systems



Article ISI
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA A-OPTICS IMAGE SCIENCE AND VISION  (2010)

Thirty Meter Telescope Site Testing X: Precipitable Water Vapor

Otárola A.; Travouillon T.; Schock M.; Els S.; Riddle R.; Skidmore W.; Dahl, R.; Naylor D.; Querel R.

Article SCOPUS
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC  (2010)

The Cosmic Background Imager

Padin, S.; Shepherd, MC; Cartwright, JK; Keeney, RG; Mason, BS; Pearson, TJ; Readhead, ACS; Schaal, WA; Sievers J.; Udomprasert, PS; et al.

Article ISI SCOPUS
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC  (2002)

Looking for the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect toward distant ROSAT clusters of galaxies

Pizzo, L; Bohringer, H; Shaver, P; Lemke, R; Nyman, LA; Booth, R

Article ISI
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL  (1996)

1
Neil Nagar

Profesor Titular (Full Professor)

Astronomia

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile

1
Monica Rubio

Full Professor

DEPARTENTO DE ASTRONOMIA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Ricardo Bustos

Profesor Asociado

Ingeniería Eléctrica

Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción

Concepción, Chile

1
Christian Adam

Post-doctoral researcher

Institute for Astronomy

Universidad de Antofagasta

Antofagasta, Chile

16
ANGEL OTAROLA

Atmosphere Scientist

Science Operations

European Southern Observatory

Vitacura, Chile