The PLATO antarctic site testing observatory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7012, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lawrence, J S ^a   Allen, G R ^b   Ashley, M C B ^a   Bonner, C ^a   Bradley, S ^c   Cui, X ^d   Everett, J R ^a   Feng, L ^e   Gong, X ^d   Hengst, S ^a   Hu, J ^f   Jiang, Z ^f   Kulesa, C A ^g   Li, Y ^h   Luong Van, D ^a   Moore, A M ⁱ   Pennypacker, C ^j   Qin, W ^h   Riddle, R ^k   Shang, Z ^l   Storey, J W V ^a   Sun, B ^h   Suntzeff, N ^m   Tothill, N F H ⁿ   Travouillon, T ⁱ   Walker, C K ^g   Wang, L ^e,m   Yan, J ^e,f   Yang, J ^e   Yang, H ^h   Yorko, D ^o   Yuan, X ^d   Zhang, X G ^e   Zhang, Z ^h   Zhou, X ^f   Zhu, Z ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Solar Mobility ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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

^e CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^f National Astronomical Observatory of China   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^h POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k Thirty Meter Telescope Observatory Corporation   (United States)

^l TIANJIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^m TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Antarctic astronomy; Site testing

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC ASTRONOMY; ANTARCTIC PLATEAU; ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; HIGH-TIME RESOLUTION; INSTRUMENTATION SUITE; OPTICAL PHOTOMETRY; POLAR RESEARCH; SELF-POWERED; SITE TESTING; SKY BACKGROUND; SOUTH POLE; SYSTEM DESIGN; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS; UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES; WIDE-FIELD; WIND SPEED;

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; ASTROPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUILDINGS; DOMES; INSTRUMENT TESTING; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; TURBULENCE;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES;

EID: 66749114936     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.787166     Document Type: Conference Paper

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