Submillimeter site testing at Dome C, Antarctica

We have developed a 350 mum radiometer to perform automated site testing in remote regions of Antarctica. In summer 2000 - 2001 the instrument operated at Concordia, a new station under construction at Dome C on the Antarctic Plateau. We present the results, and compare them with the atmospheric opa...

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Published in:Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Main Authors: Calisse, Paolo, Ashley, Michael, Burton, Michael, Phillips, Michael, Storey, John, Radford, Simon, Peterson, Jeffrey
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2004
Subjects:
atmospheric effects
instrumentation : miscellaneous
site testing
submillimeter
Antarctic
South Pole
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
South pole
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/38619
https://doi.org/10.1071/AS03018
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Summary:We have developed a 350 mum radiometer to perform automated site testing in remote regions of Antarctica. In summer 2000 - 2001 the instrument operated at Concordia, a new station under construction at Dome C on the Antarctic Plateau. We present the results, and compare them with the atmospheric opacity measured at the South Pole in the same five-week period. During these five weeks, observing conditions at Dome C were, on average, substantially better than those at the South Pole.

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