Observations of the Antarctic infrared sky spectral brightness

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4836, Issue , 2002, Pages 176-179

  Lawrence, Jon S ^a   Ashley, Michael C B ^b   Burton, Michael G ^b   Storey, John W V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antarctic astronomy; Atmospheric effects; Radiative transfer; Site testing

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; COOLING; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; INFRARED RADIATION;

SPECTRAL BRIGHTNESS;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 0037967351     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.456999     Document Type: Conference Paper

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