Antarctica: The potential for interferometry

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5491, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 169-175

  Storey, J W V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Interferometry; Site testing

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COHERENT LIGHT; INFRARED DETECTORS; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETERS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEISMOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

ANTARCTICA; ASTROMETRY; SITE-TESTING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 11144268191     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.548838     Document Type: Conference Paper

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