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Seasonal changes in the effects of UV radiation on Antarctic marine microbes. Australian Antarctic Magazine, Spring 2006, 2006 (Ref: 12775)
Authors:
Thomson P.Davidson A.Cadman N.
Category 4: Popular articles

ARISE (Antarctic Remote Ice Sensing Experiment) in the East: Validation of satellite-derived sea-ice data products. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12501)
Authors:
Massom R.A.Worby A.P.Lytle V.Markus T.Allison I.Scambos T.Enomoto H.Tateyama K.Haran T.Comiso J.C.Pfaffling A.Tamura T.Muto A.Kanagaratnam P.Giles B.Young N.Hyland G.Michael K.Key E.
Category 3: Poster

Although satellite passive-microwave remote sensing is the main source of global sea-ice … information, the data products have never been adequately validated for East Antarctic … conditions.

Validation of AVHRR and MODIS ice surface temperature products using in situ radiometers Annals of Glaciology, 2006 (Ref: 12846)
Authors:
Scambos T.A.Haran T.M.Massom R.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Ship-borne and airborne infrared radiometric measurements during the ARISE cruise of September–October 2003 permitted in situ validation studies of two satellite-based ice surface skin temperature algorithms:

Advances in Geosciences, Volume 8: Solar Terrestrial (ST) , 2007 (Ref: 13042)
Authors:
Ip W-H.Duldig M. (Eds.)
Category 5: Book series

A High Performance Digital Radar for Extended Space Weather Investigations Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) 17th Congress, Refereed Paper 48, Brisbane, 4-8 December 2006, 2006 (Ref: 13048)
Authors:
Whittington J.S.Devlin J.C.
Category 3: Conference paper

This paper outlines work at La Trobe University on the development of a “fully digital” radar for space weather … investigations. The new radar will enhance the existing Tasman International Geospace Environment Radar … (TIGER) that probes beyond the horizon…

FPGA Implementation of a Phased Array DBF using Distributed Arithmetic Method Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Optimization: Techniques and Applications (ICOTA), 2005 (Ref: 13047)
Authors:
Salim T.Devlin J.Whittington J.
Category 3: Conference paper

Efficient digital phased array beams require a high resolution timing vector. The timing coefficients cause speed bottleneck … in FPGA implementation of such systems in the HF frequency range. Distributed Arithmetic (DA)…

FPGA Implementation of Digital Upconversion using Distributed Arithmetic FIR Filters Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology, 2004 (Ref: 13046)
Authors:
Salim T.Devlin J.Whittington J.
Category 3: Conference paper

Distributed Arithmetic (DA) is a high speed … multiplication technique used for implementation of digital … filters and signal upconversions. The DA is bit serial word … parallel approach where throughput rate does not depend … on flter length or data ste.

FPGA Implementation of a Phased Array DBF using Polyphase Filters Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology, 2004 (Ref: 13044)
Authors:
Salim T.Devlin J.Whittington J.
Category 3: Conference paper

Mid and low latitude mesospheric temperature estimation using meteor radar and OH rotational temperatures IUGG XXIV 2007, Perugia, Italy July 2-13, 2007, 2007 (Ref: 13039)
Authors:
Reid I.Holdsworth D.A.Woithe J.McIntosh D.Sivjee A.Morris R.J.Murphy D.J.Burns G.B.French W.J.R.
Category 3: Abstract

An auroral westward flow channel (AWFC) and its relationship to field-aligned current, ring current, and plasmapause location determined using multiple spacecraft observations Annales Geophysicae, 2007 (Ref: 13043)
Authors:
Parkinson M.L.Wild J.A.Waters C.L.Lester M.Lucek E.A.Decreau P.M.E.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Abstract. An auroral westward flow channel (AWFC) is … a latitudinally narrow channel of unstable F-region plasma … with intense westward drift in the dusk-to-midnight sector … ionosphere. AWFCs tend to overlap the equatorward edge of … the auroral oval…

Antarctic ozone: New insights from the International Polar Year. Australian Antarctic Magazine, Issue 12, 2007 (Ref: 13036)
Authors:
Klekociuk A.R.Tully M.B.
Category 4: Popular articles

Acclimation of Antarctic bottom-ice algal communities to lowered salinities during melting. Polar Biology, 2004 (Ref: 12029)
Authors:
Ryan K.G.Ralph P.McMinn A.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Sea-ice brine algal communities were exposed … to salinities between 30 and 10& during melting. There … was a progressive decline in maximum quantum yield, relative electron transfer rate (rETRmax) and photosynthetic … efficiency (a) with decreasing salinity of the final … melted sample.

Inter-comparison of solar spectral irradiance measurements in Melbourne UV Radiation and its Effects: an update - Dunedin, NZ, April 19-21, 2006, 2006 (Ref: 13020)
Authors:
Gies P.Henderson S.Javorniczky J.Roy C.Anderson D.
Category 3: Conference paper

Abstract: During much of 2001 and 2002, spectral … irradiance measurements of solar ultraviolet radiation … (UVR) were made in Melbourne by both the Australian … Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency … (ARPANSA) and the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM).

Non-migrating tides above Antarctica and their variation on short and long time scales IUGG XXIV 2007, Perugia, Italy July 2-13, 2007, 2007 (Ref: 13001)
Authors:
Murphy D.
Category 3: Abstract

A high-latitude tide basis function that describes the major migratingand non-migrating components of the semidiurnal and … diurnal tide can be fitted to wind data using linear least-squares fitting techniques. MF radars at Davis (695, 78E), Syowa (695, 40E), Rothera (685, 68W) and Scott Base (785…

The Proterozoic P-T-t evolution of the Kemp Land Coast, East Antarctica; constraints from si-saturated and si-undersaturated Metapelites Journal of Petrology, 2007 (Ref: 13011)
Authors:
Halpin J.A.White R.W.Clarke G.L.Kelsey D.E.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Integrated metamorphic and geochronological data place new … constraints on the metamorphic evolution of a Neoproterozoic … orogen in east Antarctica. Granulite-facies rocks from a 150 km … stretch of the Kemp Land coast reflect peak conditions involving … T870^9908C at P74^10 kbar…

Contrasting P-T-t paths for Neoproterozoic metamorphism in MacRobertson and Kemp Lands, east Antarctica Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 2007 (Ref: 13010)
Authors:
Halpin J.A.Clarke G.L.White R.W.Kelsey D.E.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Mineral equilibria modelling and electron microprobe chemical dating of monazite in granulite facies … metapelitic assemblages from the MacRobertson Land coastline, Rayner Complex, east Antarctica, are … consistent with an !anticlockwise" Neoproterozoic P–T–t path. Metamorphism occurred at c.

FPGA implementation of a phased array DBF using a Latch Method Proceedings of the International Networking and Communications Conference, 2004 (Ref: 13008)
Authors:
Salim T.Devlin J.Whittington J.
Category 3: Conference paper

Abstract - Timing resolution plays significant role in … generating digital phased array beams. In this paper we … present a latch method for FPGA implementation of digital … heamforming (DBF') for an ionospheric radar.

Analog conversion for FPGA implementation of the TIGER transmitter using a 14 bit DAC Proceedings of the Second IEEE International Workshop on Electronic Design Test and Applications, 2004 (Ref: 13007)
Authors:
Salim T.Devlin J.Whittington J.
Category 3: Conference paper

FPGA is a potential medium for DSP implementation of direct conversion transmitters and receivers. However analog interface cannot be ruled out since amplification and other tasks are still in the analog domain. In a previous work…

Quantization effects in digital upconversion and digital beam forming for TIGER Radar System WARS04 (Workshop on the Applications of Radio Science) Proceedings, National Committee for Radio Science, Australian Academy of Science, Paper G11, 2004 (Ref: 13006)
Authors:
Salim T.Devlin J.Whittington J.
Category 3: Conference paper

Quantization is a representation of data samples with a certain number of bits per sample after rounding to a suitable … level of precision. Quantization errors in a Digital Signal Processing (DSP) system can be introduced from three … sources; one source is input quantization…

Digital stereo enhancement to the TIGER Radar System WARS04 (Workshop on the Applications of Radio Science) Proceedings, National Committee for Radio Science, Australian Academy of Science, Paper G15, 2004 (Ref: 13005)
Authors:
Whittington J.Devlin J.Nguyen M.
Category 3: Conference paper

The Tasman International Geospace Environment Radar (TIGER), which is part of the global SuperDARN network, is a dual HF radar system with overlapping footprints designed to map ionospheric motions by detecting ionospheric scatter.

An international integrated research program in South of Brazil for observations of solar-terrestrial interactions IUGG XXIV 2007, Perugia, Italy July 2-13, 2007, 2007 (Ref: 12999)
Authors:
Schuch N.J.
Category 3: Abstract

This overview describes an international scientific cooperation between Brazil, USA and Japan, for an … integrated research program developed in south of Brazil for observations of solar-terrestrial interactions … and geospace.

Towards a synthesis of substorm electrodynamics: HF radar and auroral observations Annales Geophysicae, 2006 (Ref: 13004)
Authors:
Grocott A.Lester M.Parkinson M.L.Yeoman T.K.Dyson P.L.Devlin J.C.Frey H.U.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

At 08:35 UT on 21 November 2004, the onset of … an interval of substorm activity was captured in the southern … hemisphere by the Far UltraViolet (FUV) instrument on … board the IMAGE spacecraft. This was accompanied by … the onset of Pi2 activity and subsequent magnetic bays…

Dynamical critical scaling of electric field fluctuations in the greater cusp and magnetotail implied by HF radar observations of F-region Doppler velocity Annales Geophysicae, 2006 (Ref: 13003)
Authors:
Parkinson M.L.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Akasofu’s solar wind " parameter describes the … coupling of solar wind energy to the magnetosphere and … ionosphere. Analysis of fluctuations in " using model independent … scaling techniques including the peaks of probability … density functions (PDFs)…

Developing water and sediment quality guidelines for Antarctica: The sensitivity of Antarctic marine biota to metal contaminants. Abstract of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12645)
Authors:
King C.K.Riddle M.J.Kefford B.J.Nugegoda D.Lane A.
Category 3: Abstract

There are a range of chemical contaminants of concern in Antarctic marine environments as a … result of the activities of humans, including past waste disposal practices and accidental fuel … spills. Environmental guidelines for contaminants, including targets for contaminated site … remediation…

Spectral width of SuperDARN echoes: measurement, use and physical interpretation. Annales Geophysicae, 2006 (Ref: 12342)
Authors:
Ponomarenko P.V.Waters C.L.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

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