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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 December 2009
The HAR observing methods such as Adaptive Optics andInterferometery, require a better understanding of the behavior ofthe perturbed wavefronts, more exactly a better knowledge of theatmospheric turbulence model in addition to the associateparameters. This is very crucial for modeling the HAR techniques andparticularly for the evaluation of their performance. Indeed, it iswell-known that the performance of an AO system depends upon theseeing conditions, the outer scale, the isoplanatic angle and thecoherence time. A review of the site-testing instruments deployed atDome C will be given, their pertinence and their implications on HARtechniques will be discussed comparatively to the Paranal site.