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Site characteristics of the high Antarctic plateau

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2013

Michael C. B. Ashley
Michael C. B. Ashley*
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia email: m.ashley@unsw.edu.au
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Abstract

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A brief review is given of the major results from the last twenty years of astronomical site-testing in Antarctica. Suggestions are made for how to resolve some outstanding questions, such as the infrared sky background at Antarctic sites other than South Pole station.

Keywords

site testingatmospheric effectstechniques: photometric
Type
Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S288: Astrophysics from Antarctica , August 2012 , pp. 15 - 24
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013

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