“…In order to obtain the basic astroclimatic characteristics, namely, the statistics of the OT vertical distribution, clear night-sky time, and local meteo parameters such as the surface wind speed and direction, ambient temperatures, and humidity, we have developed an automatic seeing monitor (ASM). The details of the apparatus and functioning algorithm have been described in (Kornilov et al , 2012b; thus, here we only recall its key features.…”