WRF Model Estimation of Precipitable Water Vapor over the Sayan Solar Observatory and Khulugaysha Peak

Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics 2026

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Authors: M. Yu. Shikhovtsev, A. Yu. Shikhovtsev, А.А. ЛЕЖЕНИН, В.С. ГРАДОВ, V.B. Khaikin, К.Е. КИРИЧЕНКО, P. G. Kovadlo
DOI: 10.1134/s1024856026700144
Cited by: 1
References: 17

Abstract

Abstract Water vapor is the main gas which causes atmospheric opacity in millimeter and submillimeter wavelength ranges. This study uses the mesoscale Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model for effective assessment of precipitable water vapor (PWV) in order to estimate the conditions at existing observatory sites and identify potential locations for a new large millimeter telescope. The results show that WRF model successfully reproduces the spatiotemporal variability of PWV, which enables identifying regions with minimal moisture content suitable for planning telescope observations.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Publication details

Journal / source
Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics
Publisher
Pleiades Publishing Ltd
Volume
39
Issue
3
Pages
355–361
Publication date
1 June 2026
Language
EN