An astronomical site survey at the Barcroft Facility of the White Mountain Research Station

New Astronomy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 218-225

  Marvil, J ^a   Ansmann, M ^a   Childers, J ^a   Cole, T ^b   Davis, G V ^a,b   Hadjiyska, E ^a   Halevi, D ^a   Heimberg, G ^a   Kangas, M ^a   Levy, A ^a,c   Leonardi, R ^a,d   Lubin, P ^a   Meinhold, P ^a   O'Neill, H ^a   Parendo, S ^a   Quetin, E ^a   Stebor, N ^a,c   Villela, T ^d   Williams, B ^a,c   Wuensche, C A ^d   Yamaguchi, K ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c White Mountain Research Station   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atmospheric effects; Cosmic microwave background; Site testing

Indexed keywords

DATA RECORDING; FLOW OF WATER; MICROWAVES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RADIOMETERS; STEAM;

ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND; SITE TESTING; ZENITH SKY TEMPERATURES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 30144441712     PISSN: 13841076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newast.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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