Site testing Dome A, Antarctica

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6267 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lawrence, J S ^a   Ashley, M C B ^a   Burton, M G ^a   Cui, X ^b   Everett, J R ^a   Indermuehle, B T ^a   Kenyon, S L ^a   Luong Van, D ^a   Moore, A M ^c   Storey, J W V ^a   Tokovinin, A ^d   Travouillon, T ^c   Pennypacker, C ^e   Wang, L ^e   York, D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics and Technology   (China)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CERRO TOLOLO INTER AMERICAN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic astronomy; Site testing

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DATA REDUCTION; TRANSPARENCY;

ANTARCTIC ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; DOME C; SITE TESTING;

OPTICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33749250526     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.670960     Document Type: Conference Paper

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