An international center for submillimeter astronomy at Dome C, Antarctica: statement of work

• Main Authors: Calisse, P. G., de Bernardis, P., Olmi, L., Piccirillo, L., Sironi, G., Delabrouille, J., Gervasi, M., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Lamarre, J. M., Masi, S., Mauskopf, Philip Daniel, Pajot, F., Storey, J. W. V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Italian Astronomical Society 2003
• Subjects: QB Astronomy; Antarctic; The Antarctic; South Pole; Concordia Station; Amundsen-Scott; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/69273/; http://sait.oat.ts.astro.it/MSAIS/2/PDF/62.pdf

Tests made over the last ten years at various locations show that the Antarctic Plateau is the site with the best observing conditions for ground based astronomical observations at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths, due to the unique combination of elevation, low atmospheric water vapor conte...