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This is the second article of a series devoted to European Extremely LargeTelescope (E-ELT) site characterization. In this article we present the mainproperties of the parameters involved in high angular resolution observationsfrom the data collected in the site testing campaign of the E-ELT during theDesign Study (DS) phase. Observations were made in 2008 and 2009, in the foursites selected to shelter the future E-ELT (characterized under the ELT-DScontract): Aklim mountain in Morocco, Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos(ORM) in Spain, Mac\'on range in Argentina, and Cerro Ventarrones in Chile. Thesame techniques, instruments and acquisition procedures were taken on eachsite. A Multiple Aperture Scintillation Sensor (MASS) and a Differential ImageMotion Monitor (DIMM) were installed at each site. Global statistics of theintegrated seeing, the free atmosphere seeing, the boundary layer seeing andthe isoplanatic angle were studied for each site, and the results are presentedhere. In order to estimate other important parameters such as the coherencetime of the wavefront and the overall parameter "coherence \'etendue"additional information of vertical profiles of the wind speed was needed. Datawere retrieved from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)archive. Ground wind speed was measured by Automatic Weather Stations (AWS).More aspects of the turbulence parameters such as their seasonal trend, theirnightly evolution and their temporal stability were also obtained and analyzed.

European Extremely Large Telescope Site Characterization II: High angular resolution parameters