CHINESE ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS Dome C’s Atmospheric Conditions: Implications for Astronomy ⋆

Abstract The expectation that exceptional conditions for astronomy would be found at Dome C on the high Antarctic plateau has motivated a coordinated effort by a number of international teams to comprehensively measure the atmospheric conditions at this site. This paper presents an overview of the c...

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Main Authors: J. S. Lawrence, M. C. B. Ashley, M. G. Burton, J. W. V. Storey
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.148.3315
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~mcba/pubs/lawrence07c.pdf
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Summary:Abstract The expectation that exceptional conditions for astronomy would be found at Dome C on the high Antarctic plateau has motivated a coordinated effort by a number of international teams to comprehensively measure the atmospheric conditions at this site. This paper presents an overview of the current status of site testing at Dome C. We discuss the past, present, and planned instrumentation, the main results obtained to date, and the implications of these results. Key words: site testing—Earth: Antarctic plateau: dome C 1.

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