Submillimeter Site Testing at Dome C, Antarctica

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

Paolo G. Calisse¹ 

[1] Michael C. B. Ashley

关键词: atmospheric effects;    instrumentation: miscellaneous;    site testing;    submillimeter;   

DOI  :  10.1071/AS03018

学科分类：天文学(综合)

来源: CSIRO

【 摘 要 】

We have developed a 350 μm 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.

【 授权许可】

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