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Submillimeter Site Testing at Dome C, Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2013

Paolo G. Calisse ,
Michael C. B. Ashley ,
Michael G. Burton ,
Michael A. Phillips ,
John W. V. Storey ,
Simon J. E. Radford  and
Jeffrey B. Peterson
Paolo G. Calisse*
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
Michael C. B. Ashley
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
Michael G. Burton
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
Michael A. Phillips
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
John W. V. Storey
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
Simon J. E. Radford
Affiliation:
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Tucson AZ 85721-0655, USA
Jeffrey B. Peterson
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890, USA
*
CE-mail: pcalisse@phys.unsw.edu.au
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Abstract

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We have developed a 350 μm radiometer to perform automated site testing in remote regions of Antarctica. In summer 2000–2001 the instrument operated at Concordia, a new station under construction at Dome C on the Antarctic Plateau. We present the results, and compare them with the atmospheric opacity measured at the South Pole in the same five-week period. During these five weeks, observing conditions at Dome C were, on average, substantially better than those at the South Pole.

Keywords

atmospheric effectsinstrumentation: miscellaneoussite testingsubmillimeter
Type
Research Article
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , 2004 , pp. 256 - 263
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 2004

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