Earth and space observation at the German Antarctic Receiving Station O’Higgins

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Klügel, Thomas, Höppner, Kathrin, Falk, Reinhard, Kühmstedt, Elke, Plötz, Christian, Reinhold, Andreas, Rülke, Axel, Wojdziak, Reiner, Balss, Ulrich, Diedrich, Erhard, Eineder, Michael, Henniger, Hennes, Metzig, Robert, Steigenberger, Peter, Gisinger, Christoph, Schuh, Harald, Böhm, Johannes, Ojha, Roopesh, Kadler, Matthias, Humbert, Angelika, Braun, Matthias, Sun, Jing
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2015
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Polar Record
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/44769/; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247414000540; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.51004

The German Antarctic Receiving Station (GARS) O’Higgins at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula is a dual purpose facility for earth observation and has existed for more than 20 years. It serves as a satellite ground station for payload data downlink and telecommanding of remote sensing satel...