Summary
La Trobe University has recently installed a new all-sky imaging Fabry-Perot spectrometer at Mawson Station, Antarctica. It is capable of recording independent spectra from many tens of locations across the sky simultaneously, from which parameters corresponding to temperature and line-of-sight wind speed are derived. This instrument, in conjunction with La Trobe's existing spectrometer at Davis Station, provides new opportunities for investigating small-scale upper atmospheric dynamics. Initial data are presented from the instrument's first season of operation (2007), and opportunities for common-volume campaigns with Davis are explored.
Authors:Anderson C. Conde M.C. Dyson P.L. Davies T. Kosch M.J.
Published in: 2008
Category 3: Conference paper
Program area: Ice, Ocean, Atmosphere and Climate
Anderson C., Conde M.C., Dyson P.L., Davies T., Kosch M.J.
(2008)
Thermospheric Studies in Antarctica Using Fabry-Perot Spectrometers at Mawson and Davis Stations,
2008 CEDAR Workshop, Midway Utah, USA, 16–21 June 2008
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