ASO: An Antarctic submillimeter observatory

• Main Authors: Olmi, L., Pelosi, G., Piccirillo, L., Saraceno, P., Sironi, G., Storey, J. W V
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Concordia Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publications/3486a8c3-8b92-498e-8e98-1c948f58cedc; https://doi.org/10.1051/eas:2005034

Due to the typical high atmospheric noise and low transparency, submillimeter observations can be carried out only from sites with very high atmospheric stability and very low precipitable water vapour content. The Antarctic Plateau is important because of its remarkable atmospheric transparency and...