Antarctica as a launch-pad for space astronomy missions

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4835, Issue , 2002, Pages 110-114

  Storey, J W V ^a   Burton, M G ^a   Ashley, M C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Interferometry; Space

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; INTERFEROMETRY; OBSERVATORIES; TELESCOPES;

SPACE ASTRONOMY MISSIONS;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0038755052     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.456503     Document Type: Conference Paper

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