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PLATO Power - a robust, low environmental impact power generation system for the Antarctic plateau Proceedings of SPIE 7012, 70124E1-10, 2008 (Ref: 13764)
Category 3: Conference paper

PLATO (PLATeau Observatory) is the third-generation astronomical site-testing laboratory designed by the University … of New South Wales. This facility is operating autonomously to collect both scientific and site-testing data from … Dome A, the highest point on the Antarctic plateau…

The PLATO Antarctic site testing observatory Proceedings of SPIE 7012, 7012271-11, 2008 (Ref: 13763)
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Over a decade of site testing in Antarctica has shown that both South Pole and Dome C are exceptional sites for … astronomy, with certain atmospheric conditions superior to those at existing mid-latitude sites. However, the highest … point on the Antarctic plateau, Dome A…

Pre-HEAT: submillimeter site testing and astronomical spectra from Dome A, Antarctica Proceedings of SPIE 7012, 7012491-11, 2008 (Ref: 13765)
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Pre-HEAT is a 20 cm aperture submillimeter-wave telescope with a 660 GHz (450 micron) Schottky diode heterodyne … receiver and digital FFT spectrometer for the Plateau Observatory (PLATO) developed by the University of New South … Wales. In January 2008 it was deployed to Dome A…

State transitions and nonphotochemical quenching during a nutrient-induced fluorescence transient in phosphorus-starved Dunaliella tertiolecta Journal of Phycology, 2008 (Ref: 13796)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Assessments of nutrient-limitation in microalgae … using chl a fluorescence have revealed that nitrogen … and phosphorus depletion can be detected as a … change in chl a fluorescence signal when nutrientstarved … algae are resupplied with the limiting nutrient.

Distribution of euphausiid larvae along the coast of East Antarctica in the Dumont d'Urville Sea (139 - 145°E) during summer 2004 Antarctic Science, 2009 (Ref: 13790)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The distribution of euphausiid larvae along the coast of Terre Ade´lie, Antarctica, was assessed using … oblique tows of a double-framed bongo net at 38 stations during summer 2004. Larvae of Euphausia … crystallorophias and Thysanoessa macrura were observed. For E. crystallorophias larvae…

Two intense Forbush decreases of solar activity cycle 22 Advances in Space Research, 2009 (Ref: 13795)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

We study two intense Forbush decreases that occurred during two adjacent SOLTIP (Solar connection of Transient Interplanetary … Processes) intervals; namely SOLTIP 1 (22–27 March 1991) and SOLTIP 2 (1–17 June 1991)…

Determination of interplanetary coronal mass ejection geometry and orientation from ground-based observations of galactic cosmic rays Journal of Geophysical Research, 2009 (Ref: 13794)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

We have developed a method for determining interplanetary coronal mass ejection … (ICME) geometry from galactic cosmic ray data recorded by the ground-based muon … detector network. The cosmic ray density depression inside the ICME, which is associated … with a Forbush decrease…

Methanesulphonic acid from Talos Dome ice core as a marker of past periodicity of Ross Sea ice extent and southern hemisphere atmospheric circulation mode Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2009, 2009 (Ref: 13791)
Category 3: Abstract

This work contributes to the understanding of variation in methanesulphonic (MSA) concentration in an ice core … drilled during the 1996-97 Antarctic Campaign at the coastal plateau site of Talos Dome (East Antarctica)…

Time evolution of the subauroral electric fields: A case study during a sequence of two substorms Journal of Geophysical Research, 2009 (Ref: 13789)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The temporal evolution of the subauroral polarization stream (SAPS) is investigated … using the Doppler velocity observations by the Unwin HF radar in conjunction with … the simultaneously observed auroral luminosity and plasma convection reversal regions. The event under study of 14 December 2004…

On the coupling between the Harang reversal evolution and substorm dynamics: A synthesis of SuperDARN, DMSP, and IMAGE observations Journal of Geophysical Research, 2009 (Ref: 13788)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The Harang reversal is a prominent feature frequently observed in the electric and … magnetic field patterns in the high-latitude auroral zone and plays an important role … in substorm dynamics. A comprehensive set of instruments, including Super Dual Auroral … Radar Network (SuperDARN)…

E-region decameter-scale plasma waves observed by the dual TIGER HF radars Annales Geophysicae, 2009 (Ref: 13787)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The dual Tasman International Geospace Environment … Radar (TIGER) HF radars regularly observe E-region … echoes at sub-auroral magnetic latitudes 58–60 S including … during geomagnetic storms. We present a statistical analysis … of E-region backscatter observed in a period of 2 years …

HF radar observations of high-velocity E region echoes from the eastward auroral electrojet Journal of Geophysical Research, 2008 (Ref: 13786)
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Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

We present a statistical analysis of short-range E region echoes observed by the Super … Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) HF radars in the evening sector (16–22 … MLT) over 3 years. Significant populations of the high-velocity (350–450 m/s)…

Complexity in the high latitude HF radar spectral width boundary region Annales Geophysicae, 2008 (Ref: 13785)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

SuperDARN radars are sensitive to the collective … Doppler characteristics of decametre-scale irregularities in … the high latitude ionosphere. The radars routinely observe … a distinct transition from large spectral width (>100ms−1) located at higher latitudes to low spectral width…

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