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Sampling the ground layer of the atmosphere at Dome C using fast sonic-anemometers Proceedings of SPIE 7012, 70124B1-5, 2008 (Ref: 13771)
Authors:
Travouillon T.Aristidi E.Fossat E.Lawrence J.S.Mekarnia D.Moore A.M.Skidmore A.W.Storey J.W.V.
Category 3: Conference paper

The ground layer turbulence at Dome C is the cause for more than 90% of the total turbulence column. While the height … of this layer has been currently measured to be approximately 30m, no long term statistics is available from this part of … the atmosphere.

Running PILOT: operational challenges and plans for an Antarctic Observatory Proceedings of SPIE 7016, 70160G1-12, 2008 (Ref: 13770)
Authors:
McGrath A.Saunders W.Gillingham P.Ward D.Storey J.Lawrence J.Haynes R.
Category 3: Conference paper

We highlight the operational challenges and planned solutions faced by an optical observatory taking advantage of the … superior astronomical observing potential of the Antarctic plateau. Unique operational aspects of an Antarctic optical … observatory arise from its remoteness…

Toward a large telescope facility for submm/FIR astronomy at Dome C Proceedings of SPIE 7012, 2008 (Ref: 13769)
Authors:
Durand G.A.Minier V.Lagage P.I.Daddi E.El Khouloudi S.Schneider-Bontemps N.Talvard M.Veyssiere C.Durand G.A.Walter C.Sabbatini L.Challita Z.Storey J.W.V.Calisse P.Pierre A.Busso M.
Category 3: Conference paper

Submillimetre astronomy is the prime technique to unveil the birth and early evolution of stars and galaxies in the local … and distant Universe.

PLATO control and robotics Proceedings of SPIE 7019, 70192U1-10, 2008 (Ref: 13768)
Authors:
Luong-Van D.M.Ashley M.C.B.Everett J.R.Lawrence J.S.Storey J.W.V.
Category 3: Conference paper

PLATO, the ‘PLATeau Observatory’, is a robotic Antarctic observatory developed by UNSW for deployment to … Dome A, the highest point on the Antarctic plateau. PLATO is designed to run autonomously for up to a year, providing … power…

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…

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

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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