Inuksuit: Robotic astronomical site-testing stations in the Canadian high arctic

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7012, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Steinbring, Eric ^a   Leckie, Brian ^a   Welle, Paul ^a   Hardy, Tim ^a   Cole, Bruce ^b   Bayne, Dell ^b   Croll, Bryce ^c   Walker, David E ^d   Carlberg, Raymond G ^d   Fahlman, Gregory G ^a   Wallace, Brad ^e   Hickson, Paul ^f  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d CERRO TOLOLO INTER AMERICAN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^e DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Site testing

Indexed keywords

ALL-SKY; ARCTIC; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD COVER; COMPRESSED IMAGES; COMPUTER MODELS; DATA SETS; HIGH ARCTIC; INFRA-RED CAMERAS; IRIDIUM SATELLITE NETWORK; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MIDLATITUDE; POWER SOURCES; SATELLITE IMAGES; SEEING MONITORS; SELECTION CRITERIA; SITE TESTING; STATION PERFORMANCE; TWO WAY COMMUNICATIONS;

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; CAMERAS; FUEL CELLS; IRIDIUM; LANDFORMS; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

SITE SELECTION;

EID: 66749124177     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.789531     Document Type: Conference Paper

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