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Site characteristics of the high Antarctic plateau
Ashley, Michael C. B., 2013, Astrophysics from Antarctica, 288, 15 | View on ADS (2013IAUS..288...15A) | Access via DOI
Abstract
A brief review is given of the major results from the last twenty years of astronomical site-testing in Antarctica. Suggestions are made for how to resolve some outstanding questions, such as the infrared sky background at Antarctic sites other than South Pole station.
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Characteristics/Aerosols & ice crystals
Characteristics/Atmospheric transparency
Characteristics/Boundary layer turbulence
Characteristics/Free atmosphere turbulence profiles
Characteristics/Meteorological data
Characteristics/Ozone
Characteristics/Precipitable water vapour
Characteristics/Seeing & integrated turbulence
Characteristics/Sky brightness & stability
Hemisphere/Antarctic
Site/Dome A (Kunlun Station)
Site/Dome C (Concordia Station)
Site/Dome F (Dome Fuji)
Site/Ridge A
Site/South Pole
Type/In-situ or ground-based observations
Wavelength/Infrared
Wavelength/Optical
Wavelength/Terahertz
Wavelength/UV
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