Faculty profile
Paul Hickson
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Research
Latest papers
Night-time measurements of astronomical seeing at Dome A in Antarctica.
Nature · 2020
Remote sensing of geomagnetic fields and atomic collisions in the mesosphere.
Nature communications · 2018
High-resolution lidar observations of mesospheric sodium and implications for adaptive optics.
Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science, and vision · 2010 · senior author
Latest funding
- $144,000
Contributions to adaptive optics, telescopes, remote sensing and space surveillance
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
- $143,100
The UBC Southern Observatory
NSERC · 2019 · Co-investigator
- $145,000
Adaptive Optics for Large Telescopes
NSERC · 2014 · Principal investigator
6 publications.
Night-time measurements of astronomical seeing at Dome A in Antarctica.
Ma B, Shang Z, Hu Y, Hu K, Wang Y, Yang X, Ashley MCB, Hickson P, Jiang P
Remote sensing of geomagnetic fields and atomic collisions in the mesosphere.
Pedreros Bustos F, Bonaccini Calia D, Budker D, Centrone M, Hellemeier J, Hickson P, Holzlöhner R, Rochester S
High-resolution lidar observations of mesospheric sodium and implications for adaptive optics.
Pfrommer T, Hickson P
Temporal variability of the telluric sodium layer.
Davis DS, Hickson P, Herriot G, She CY
Hydrodynamics of rotating liquid mirrors. I. Synchronous disturbances.
Hickson P
Impact of telescope seeing on laser adaptive optics.
Hickson P
Contributions to adaptive optics, telescopes, remote sensing and space surveillance
Principal investigators: Hickson, Paul
Keywords: adaptive optics; instrumentation; optical turbulence; orbital debris; remote sensing; site characterization; telescopes
The UBC Southern Observatory
Principal investigators: Boley, Aaron
Adaptive Optics for Large Telescopes
Principal investigators: Hickson, Paul
Optical technologies for extremely-large telescopes
Principal investigators: Hickson, Paul
2010 - Astronomy Long Range Plan
Principal investigators: Hickson, Paul
Arctic turbulence profiler
Principal investigators: Hickson, Paul
Development of new optical technologies for astronomy and astrophysics
Principal investigators: Hickson, Paul
The thirty meter telescope project
Principal investigators: Carlberg, Raymond
Development and application of new optical technologies for ground-based astronomy
Principal investigators: Hickson, Paul
Structure, distribution and evolution of galaxies
Principal investigators: Hickson, Paul
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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