In this article, we present a detailed analysis of the statistical properties of seeing for the Muztagh-ata site which is the candidate site for hosting future Chinese Large Optical/infrared Telescope (LOT) project. The measurement was obtained with Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM) from April 2017 to November 2018 at different heights during different periods. The median seeing at 11 meters and 6 meters are very close but different significantly from that on the ground. We mainly analyzed the seeing at 11 meters monthly and hourly, having found that the best season for observing was from late autumn to early winter and seeing tended to improve during the night only in autumn. The analysis of the dependence on temperature inversion, wind speed, direction also was made and the best meteorological conditions for seeing is given.
@article{arxiv.2003.13998,
title = {Site-testing at Muztagh-ata site II: Seeing statistics},
author = {Jing Xu and Ali Esamdin and Jin-xin Hao and Jin-min Bai and Ji Yang and Xu Zhou and Yong-qiang Yao and Jin-liang Hou and Guang-xin Pu and Guo-jie Feng and Chun-hai Bai and Peng Wei and Shu-guo Ma and Abudusaimaitijiang Yisikandee and Le-tian Wang and Xuan Zhang and Liang Ming and Lu Ma and Jin-zhong Liu and Zi-huang Cao and Yong-heng Zhao and Lu Feng and Jian-rong Shi and Hua-lin Chen and Chong Pei and Xiao-jun Jiang and Jian-feng Wang and Jian-feng Tian and Yan-jie Xue and Jing-yao Hu and Yun-ying Jiang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.13998},
year = {2020}
}