Where is Ridge A?

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8444, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sims, Geoff ^a   Kulesa, Craig ^b   Ashley, Michael C B ^a   Lawrence, Jon S ^c,d   Saunders, Will ^d   Storey, John W V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctic astronomy; Precipitable water vapour; Ridge A; Site testing; Terahertz spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC ASTRONOMY; ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMISSIONS; ELEVATION CONTOURS; HUMIDITY SOUNDERS; LOW WATER; OPTIMUM LOCATION; PRECIPITABLE WATER; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOUR; RIDGE A; SITE-TESTING; SQUARE GRID; TERAHERTZ TRANSMISSION;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; VAPORS;

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES;

EID: 84871757242     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.925512     Document Type: Conference Paper

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