... 3.4 Antarctica For ground-based telescopes in the thermal infrared, background ... of the infrared site-testing work in Antarctica has been carried out at the Amundsen ...
... The aerosols affecting observing conditions in Antarctica are suspected to consist of ice crystals (``diamond dust'') within the inversion layer, or possibly within cirrus clouds. ...
... A proposal to include Antarctica as an observing site in the future is also ... M. 1996, PASA, 13, 2 Burton, M. 1998, in Astrophysics from Antarctica, ASP Conf ... in preparation Figure 12--Map of Antarctica from Burton (1996), showing the Plateau ...
... Rounding out the day were Mark Wardle, who discussed theoretical aspects of massive star-formation, and John Storey, who presented various proposals for Australia to take part in a sub-millimetre telescope in Antarctica. ...
... vapour content of the atmosphere above Antarctica is that at these low temperatures ... aerosols affecting observing conditions in Antarctica are suspected to consist of ...
... nucleus of Centaurus A (CenA) approximately every six months at 8.4 GHz with the Australian Long Baseline Array (LBA) and associated telescopes in Antarctica, Chile, New Zealand, and South Africa, complemented by quasi-simultaneous 22.3 GHz observations ...
... Note that part of the reason for the low water vapour content of the atmosphere above Antarctica is that, at these low temperatures, the saturation vapour pressure of water is low. ...
... Figure 12: Map of Antarctica from Burton (1996), showing the Plateau bases at the South Pole (USA) and Vostok (Russia) in relation to Australasia. ...