Atmospheric scintillation at Dome C

• Main Authors: Suzanne L. Kenyon, Jon S. Lawrence, Michael C. B. Ashley, John W. V. Storey, Andrei Tokovinin, Eric Fossat
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.157.6383; http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~mcba/pubs/kenyon07a.pdf

Dome C, Antarctica is one of the most promising astronomical sites in the world (Fossat & Candidi 2003, and references therein). Dome C boasts low wind speeds, very cold temperatures and little precipitation. The atmospheric turbulence is very weak compared to temperate sites, leading to sub-arcsecond seeing conditions (Lawrence et al. 2004;