Site testing at Dome Fuji for submillimeter and terahertz astronomy: 220 GHz atmospheric-transparency

Polar Science

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 213-221

  Ishii, S ^a   Seta, M ^a   Nakai, N ^a   Nagai, S ^a   Miyagawa, N ^a   Yamauchi, A ^b   Motoyama, H ^c   Taguchi, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric opacity; Site testing; Submillimeter and terahertz astronomy

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; DATA SET; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIOMETER; SITE INVESTIGATION; TRANSPARENCY;

EID: 74449090120     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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