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Snodar: a new instrument to measure the height of the boundary layer on the Antarctic plateau Proceedings of SPIE 7014, 7014611-7, 2008 (Ref: 13767)

Authors:

Bonner C.S.Ashley M.C.B.Lawrence J.S.Storey J.W.V.Luong-Van D.M.Bradley S.G.

Category 3: Conference paper

The height of the atmospheric boundary layer on the Antarctic plateau is of particular importance to designers of optical … telescopes for Antarctica.

Gattini: a multisite campaign for the measurement of sky brightness in Antarctica Proceedings of SPIE 7012, 7012261-10, 2008 (Ref: 13766)

Authors:

Moore A.Allen G.Aristidi E.Ashley M.Bedding T.Beichman C.Briguglio R.Busso M.and 41 others

Category 3: Conference paper

We present the Gattini project: a multisite campaign to measure the optical sky properties above the two high altitude … Antarctic astronomical sites of Dome C and Dome A. The Gattini-DomeC project, part of the IRAIT site testing … campaign and ongoing since January 2006…

Astrophysics from Dome A Proceedings of the 2nd ARENA Conference, EAS Publications Series, 2008 (Ref: 13762)

Authors:

Tothill N.F.H.Kulesa C.A.Walker C.K.Ashley M.C.B.Bonner C.Cui X.Everett J.Feng L.Hengst S.and 20 others

Category 3: Conference paper

Does your robot need a flamethrower? Automated astronomical instrumentation in Antarctica Astronomische Nachrichten, 2008 (Ref: 13772)

Authors:

Tothill N.F.H.Martin C.L.Kulesa C.A.Briguglio R.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The Antarctic Plateau contains sites with the potential to be the best in the world for many astronomical observations. The Plateau has strong advantages in the waveband between thermal-IR and millimetre-waves, for time-based astronomy, and for adaptive optics and interferometry.

Genetic diversity of Nymphon (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida: Nymphonidae) along the Antarctic Peninsula with a focus on Nymphon australe Hodgson 1902 Marine Biology, 2008 (Ref: 13741)

Authors:

Mahon A.R.Arango C.P.Halanych K.M.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Sea spiders are conspicuous, and often abundant, members of the Antarctic benthic community. Nymphonidae (Pycnogonida) in Southern Ocean waters … comprise over 240 species which are often diYcult to … assign due to their intraspeciWc ‘highly variable’ morphology. In particular, Nymphon australe…

Oxygen hypothesis of polar gigantism not supported by performance of Antarctic pycnogonids in hypoxia Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2009 (Ref: 13740)

Authors:

Woods A.H.Moran A.L.Arango C.P.Mullen L.Shields C.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Compared to temperate and tropical relatives, some high-latitude marine species are large-bodied, a phenomenon known as polar gigantism. A leading hypothesis on the physiological basis of gigantism … posits that, in polar water…

The Census of Antarctic Marine Life and the Australian-French-Japanese CEAMARC (Collaborative East Antarctic Marine Census) contribution Proceedings of the International Symposium Asian Collaboration in IPY 2007-2008, 2007 (Ref: 13733)

Authors:

Hosie G.Stoddart M.Wadley V.Koubbi P.Ozouf-Costaz C.Ishimaru T.Fukuchi M.

Category 3: Conference paper

The Census for Antarctic Marine Life (CAML, IPY Project 53) will investigate the … distribution and abundance of Antarctic marine biodiversity and how it will be affected … by climate change.

The PLATO Dome A site-testing observatory: instrumentation and final results Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2009 (Ref: 13754)

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

ABSTRACT. The PLATeau Observatory (PLATO) is an automated self-powered astrophysical observatory that … was deployed to Dome A, the highest point on the Antarctic plateau, in 2008 January.

PILOT: a wide-field telescope for the Antarctic plateau Proceedings of SPIE 7012, 70124F1-9, 2008 (Ref: 13756)

Authors:

Saunders W.Gillingham P.McGrath A.Haynes R.Brzeski J.Storey J.Lawrence J.

Category 3: Conference paper

PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope) is a proposed Australian/European optical/infrared … telescope for Dome C on the Antarctic Plateau, with target first light in 2012. The telescope is 2.4m diameter, with … overall focal ratio f/10, and a 1 degree field-of-view.

Proposed intrumentation for PILOT Proceedings of SPIE 7014, 70144N1-9, 2008 (Ref: 13757)

Authors:

Saunders W.Gillingham P.McGrath A.Haynes R.Storey J.Lawrence J.Burton M.Mora A.

Category 3: Conference paper

PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope) is a proposed Australian/European optical/infrared … telescope for Dome C on the Antarctic Plateau, with target first light in 2012. The proposed telescope is 2.4m diameter, with overall focal ratio f/10…

PILOT and Cosmic shear Proceedings of the 2nd ARENA Conference, EAS Publications Series, 2008 (Ref: 13760)

Authors:

Saunders W.

Category 3: Conference paper

Twilight astronomy from Antarctica Proceedings of the 2nd ARENA Conference, EAS Publications Series, 2008 (Ref: 13761)

Authors:

Burton M.G.

Category 3: Conference paper

A description of the early days of infrared site testing at … the South Pole is given, with special attention paid to the data which … quantified the conditions during summer and the long twilight period. Such times are also provide relatively benign conditions for humans … in Antarctica as well.

Control and bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon plumes in cold climates Abstracts and proceedings of the 6th International Conference: Contaminants in Freezing Grounds, Vermont, USA, 21-25 June 2008, 2008 (Ref: 13748)

Authors:

Rayner J.Snape I.Mumford K.Harvey P.Ferguson S.Stevens G.Gore D.Hince G.

Category 3: Abstract

Assessment of sorbent materials for treatment of hydrocarbon contaminated groundwater in cold regions Abstracts and proceedings of the 6th International Conference: Contaminants in Freezing Grounds, Vermont, USA, 21-25 June 2008, 2008 (Ref: 13747)

Authors:

Hornig G.Northcott K.Arora M.Snape I.Stevens G.

Category 3: Abstract

Use of controlled release fertilisers in permeable reactive barriers Abstracts and proceedings of the 6th International Conference: Contaminants in Freezing Grounds, Vermont, USA, 21-25 June 2008, 2008 (Ref: 13746)

Authors:

Mumford K.A.Rayner J.L.Snape I.Stevens G.W.

Category 3: Abstract

Diversity and dynamics of Antarctic marine microbial eukaryotes under manipulated environmental UV radiation FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2008 (Ref: 13753)

Authors:

Piquet A.M.T.Bolhuis H.Davidson A.T.Thomson P.G.Buma A.G.J.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

In the light of the predicted global climate change, it is essential that the status and … diversity of polar microbial communities is described and understood. In the … present study, molecular tools were used to investigate the marine eukaryotic … communities of Prydz Bay, Eastern Antarctica…

Preparation of electrotechnical products for reduction of hazardous substances compliance testing Environmental Science & Technology, 2008 (Ref: 13734)

Authors:

Gore D.B.Heiden E.S.Field R.J.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Composition and significance of picophytoplankton in Antarctic waters Polar Biology, 2009 (Ref: 13731)

Authors:

Wright S.W.Ishikawa A.Marchant H.J.Davidson A.T.van den Enden R.L.Nash G.V.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Filter fractionated picophytoplankton from … Antarctic coastal waters (summer 2001) represented only … 7–33% of total phytoplankton, even though total stocks … were low (average Chl a = 0.32 g l¡1, range = 0.13– 1.03 g l¡1). Though all cells passed a 2 m Wlter…

PILOT: Design and capabilities Proceedings of the 2nd ARENA Conference, EAS Publications Series, 2008 (Ref: 13759)

Authors:

Saunders W.Gillingham P.R.McGrath A.J.Storey J.W.V.Lawrence J.S.

Category 3: Conference paper

PILOT-like telescope potential Proceedings of the 2nd ARENA Conference, EAS Publications Series, 2008 (Ref: 13758)

Authors:

Storey J.W.V.Ashley M.C.B.Burton M.G.Lawrence J.S.Saunders W.

Category 3: Conference paper

In this paper we review the progress towards the deployment … of a large "PILOT-like" telescope at Concordia Station, Dome C. PI- … LOT is a proposed 2.4m optical/IR telescope that will cost in excess … of EUR 10m…

On observations of meteor trail diffusion using VHF radar 2008 Workshop on Applications of Radio Science proceedings, Australian National Committee for Radio Science, ISBN-0-9580476-1-8, 2008 (Ref: 13727)

Authors:

Younger J.Reid I.Vincent R.

Category 3: Conference paper

The diffusion of meteor trails has recently been exploited to estimate temperatures in the 80-100 km region of … the atmosphere. More recent modeling work suggests that meteoric dust laid down by the trails themselves will … affect the diffusion of the trails.

Long term trends in mesopsphere lower thermosphere prevailing winds and tides over Antarctica Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR),International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Open Science Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia 8-11 July 2008, 2008 (Ref: 13725)

Authors:

Vincent R.A.Merzlyakov E.Portnyagin Yu.I.Murphy D.J.

Category 3: Conference paper

Adaptive optics sky coverage for Dome C telescopes Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2008 (Ref: 13755)

Authors:

Lawrence J.S.Ashley M.C.B.Storey J.W.V.Jolissaint L.Travouillon T.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The unique atmospheric characteristics found at Dome C on the Antarctic plateau offer significant … advantages for the operation of adaptive optics systems.

Modeling and observing the effect of aerosols on meteor radar measurements of the atmosphere Geophysical Research Letters, 2008 (Ref: 13728)

Authors:

Younger J.P.Reid I.M.Vincent R.A.Holdsworth D.A.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Measurements of the time taken for meteor radar … echoes to decay can be used to estimate the ambipolar … diffusion coefficient. If it is assumed that the decay of the … radar echo is due strictly to the outward diffusion of ionized … material in the meteor’s trail…

Energetic electron precipitation during substorm injection events: High-latitude fluxes and an unexpected midlatitude signature Journal of Geophysical Research, 2008 (Ref: 13724)

Authors:

Clilverd M.A.Rodger C.J.Brundell J.Bähr J.Cobbett N.Moffat-Griffin T.Kavanagh A.J.Seppälä A.Thomson N.R.Friedel R.H.W.Menk F.W.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

] Geosynchronous Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL-97A) satellite particle … data, riometer data…

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