Comparison of the atmosphere above the South Pole, Dome C and Dome A: first attempt

The summits of the Antarctic Plateau are of particular interest for ground-based astronomy because the optical turbulence appears to be confined to a narrow layer close to the ground, (Marks et al. 1999; Lawrence et al. 2004;

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Main Authors: S. Hagelin, E. Masciadri, F. Lascaux, J. Stoesz
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.311.6936
http://arxiv.org/pdf/0806.3388v1.pdf
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Summary:The summits of the Antarctic Plateau are of particular interest for ground-based astronomy because the optical turbulence appears to be confined to a narrow layer close to the ground, (Marks et al. 1999; Lawrence et al. 2004;