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We present results of daytime site testing at Dome C in summer … 2003-2004. Daytime seeing has been monitored during 2 1 … 2 months … a DIMM on the bright star Canopus, giving median value of 0.54 arcsec. An every-day best seeing period has been observed around 5pm … with seeing around 0.3 arcsec.
We present wind and temperature profiles at Dome C measured … by balloon born sonds during the polar summer. Data from 197 … flights have been processed for 4 campaigns between 2000 and 2004. We show the exceptionnal wind conditions at Dome C, Average ground … wind speed is 3.6 m/s.
Over the past decade we have developed a series of increas- … ingly sophisticated robotic instruments for site testing in Antarctica. These range from exceedingly low power cloud monitors to fully au- … tonomous 30 cm telescopes, and cover from the ultraviolet to the sub- … mm.
Based to a large degree on the precedent set by CCAMLR in 1991, the streamer line has … become the primary, and most commonly prescribed, seabird mitigation device in world … longline fi sheries. This paper reviews CCAMLR streamer line requirements (Conservation … Measure 25-02 (2002)…
Harvesting of marine living resources in the Southern Ocean is managed by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), which is widely known for its ecosystem approach to managing fisheries and inclusion of food-web maintenance in the conservation objectives.
Over the past 50 years the sub-Antarctic has experienced increases in temperature and radiation. Little scientific attention has been paid to the ecophysiological response of vascular plant species growing on these islands and it is unclear what impact climate change may have on these species.