Assessments of Ali, Dome A, and Summit Camp for Mm-wave Observations Using MERRA-2 Reanalysis

• Main Author: Kuo, Chao-Lin
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2017
• Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM; Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics astro-ph.CO; FOS Physical sciences; Greenland; Merra; South Pole; Summit Camp; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1707.08400; https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.08400

The latest MERRA-2 reanalysis of the modern satellite measurements provides unprecedented uniformity and fidelity for the atmospheric data. In this paper, these data are used to evaluate five sites for millimeter-wave (mm-wave) observations. These include two established sites (South Pole and Chajna...