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Optical Sky Brightness and Transparency during the Winter Season at Dome A Antarctica from the Gattini-All-Sky Camera The Astronomical Journal, 2017 (Ref: 15981)
Authors:
Yang Y.Moore A.M.Krisciunas K.Wang L.Ashley M.C.B.Fu J.Brown P.J.Cui X.Feng L.-L. Gong X.Hu Z.Lawrence J.S.Luong-Van D.Riddle R.Shang Z.Sims G.Storey J.W.V.Suntzeff N.Tothill N.Travouillon T.Yang H.Zhou X.Zhu Z.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Winter sky brightness and cloud cover at Dome A, Antarctica. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposium 288, 2012 (Ref: 15242)
Authors:
Moore A.M.Yang Y.Fu J.Ashley M.C.B.Cui X.Feng L.-L. Gong X.Hu Z.Lawrence J.S.Luong-Van D.M.Riddle R.Shang Z.Sims G.Storey J.W.V.Tothill N.F.H.Travouillon T.Wang L.Yang H.Yang Ji Zhou X.Zhu Z.
Category 3: Conference paper

Infrared and sub-millimetre observing conditions on the Antarctic plateau Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 2000 (Ref: 9616)
Authors:
Hidas M.G.Burton M.G.Chamberlain M.A.Storey J.W.V.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The Antarctic plateau provides the best terrestrial sites for infrared and sub-millimetre astronomy. In this paper we examine the relative importance of temperature…

New species of Australian Pseudopallene (Pycnogonida: Callipallenidae) based on live colouration, morphology and DNA. Zootaxa, 2013 (Ref: 14980)
Authors:
Arango C.P.Brenneis G.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Callipallenid sea spiders are commonly found in southern Australian waters. The genera Pseudopallene and Stylopallene are frequent epibionts of arborescent bryozoan colonies of Orthoscuticella spp. and Amathia spp. Based on external morphology, colouration patterns…

Optical sky brightness at Dome A, Antarctica, from the Nigel experiment. Proceedings of SPIE, 2010 (Ref: 14381)
Authors:
Sims G.Ashley M.C.B.Cui X.Everett J.R.Feng L.Gong X.Hengst S.Hu Z.Lawrence J.S.Luong-Van D.M.Shang Z.Storey J.W.V.Wang L.Yang H.Yang J.Zhou X.Zhu Z.
Category 3: Conference paper

The sky brightness and transparency in i-band at Dome A, Antarctica. Astronomical Journal, 2010 (Ref: 14371)
Authors:
Zou H.Zhou X.Jiang Z.Ashley M.C.B.Cui X.Feng L.Gong X.Hu J.Kulesa C.A.Lawrence J.S.Liu G.Luong-Van D.M.Ma J.Moore A.M.Pennypacker C.R.Qin W.Shang Z.Storey J.W.V.Sun B.Travouillon T.Walker C.K.Wang J.Wang L.Wu J.Wu Z.Xia L.Yan J.Yang J.Yang H.Yao Y.Yuan X.York D.G.Zhang Z.Zhu Z.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Comparison of ground- and space-based measurements of Polar Mesospheric Clouds over Davis, Antarctica 36th Annual European Meeting on Atmospheric Studies by Optical Methods, Kyiv, Ukraine, 17-22 August 2009, 2009 (Ref: 14052)
Authors:
Klekociuk A.De Land M.Petelina S.Alexander S.Morris R.
Category 3: Conference paper

Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMC) are a ubiquitous wide-spread optical … phenomena of the polar summer mesopause region, and comprise icy … aerosols that form under the influence of large-scale atmospheric ascent … and adiabatic cooling. PMC aerosols are controlled by the thermal…

Comparing plasma and faecal measures of steroid hormones in Adelie penguins Pygoscelis adeliae Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 2010 (Ref: 13996)
Authors:
Ninnes C.E.Waas J.R.Ling N.Nakagawa S.Banks J.C.Bell D.G.Bright A.Carey P.W.Chandler J.Hudson Q.J.Ingram J.R.Lyall K.Morgan D.K.J.Stevens M.I.Wallace J.Möstl E.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Physiological measurements of both stress and … sex hormones are often used to estimate the consequences … of natural or human-induced change in ecological studies of … various animals. DiVerent methods of hormone measurement … exist…

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…

The PLATO Dome A site-testing observatory: instrumentation and final results Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2009 (Ref: 13754)
Authors:
Yang H.Allen G.Ashley M.C.B.Bonner C.S.Bradley S.Cui X.Everett J.R.Feng L.Gong X.Hengst S.Hu J.Jiang Z.Kulesa C.A.Lawrence J.S.Li Y.Luong-Van D.McCaughrean M.J.Moore A.M.Pennypacker C.Qin W.Riddle R.Shang Z.Storey J.W.V.and 14 others
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.

The Gattini cameras for optical sky brightness measurements in Antarctica XXVI IAU General Assembly, Special Session 7, No. 33, Astronomy in Antarctica, Prague, 22-23 August 2006, 2006 (Ref: 12913)
Authors:
Moore A.Aristidi E.Ashley M.C.B.Busso M.Candidi M.Lawrence J.Storey J.le Roux B.Ragazzoni R.Salinari P.Tosti G.Travouillon T.Kenyon S.Luong-Van D.
Category 3: Poster

Optical sky brightness at Dome C, Antarctica XXVI IAU General Assembly, Special Session 7, No. 29, Astronomy in Antarctica, Prague, 22-23 August 2006, 2006 (Ref: 12910)
Authors:
Kenyon S.Storey J.W.V.
Category 3: Poster

Nigel and the optical sky brightness at Dome C, Antarctica Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes, Proceedings of the SPIE, 2006 (Ref: 12898)
Authors:
Kenyon S.L.Ashley M.C.B.Everett J.Lawrence J.S.Storey J.W.V.
Category 3: Conference paper

The brightness of the night sky at an astronomical site is one of the principal factors that determine the quality … of available optical observing time. At any site the optical night sky is always brightened with airglow, zodiacal … light, integrated starlight…

The Gattini cameras for optical sky brightness measurements in Antarctica Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes, Proceedings of the SPIE, 2006 (Ref: 12896)
Authors:
Moore A.Aristidi E.Ashley M.Busso M.Candidi M.Everett J.Kenyon S.Lawrence J.Luong-Van D.Phillips A.Le Roux B.Ragazzoni R.Salinari P.Storey J.Taylor M.Tosti G.Travouillon T.
Category 3: Conference paper

The Gattini cameras are two site testing instruments for the measurement of optical sky brightness, large area cloud … cover and auroral detection of the night sky above the high altitude Dome C site in Antarctica. The cameras have been in … operation since January 2006.

The potential of blue-dyed bait to reduce seabird bycatch in pelagic longline fisheries Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels. Third Meeting of Advisory Committee, Valdivia, Chile 19-22 June 2007, 2007 (Ref: 13014)
Authors:
Cocking L.J.Milburn P.J.Brando V.Double M.C.
Category 2: International meeting papers

Blue-dyed bait is a seabird bycatch mitigation technique which is assumed to reduce the … contrast between the bait and the ocean background making baits visually cryptic to seabirds. We tested this assumption in two ways. First, using measured spectral profiles of blue-dyed … baits (fish and squid)…

Estimation of thin ice thickness and detection of fast ice from SSM/I data in the Antarctic Ocean International Workshop on Antarctic Sea Ice Thickness. Program and Abstracts. Hobart, Australia 5-7 July, 2006, 2006 (Ref: 12981)
Authors:
Tamura T.Ohshima K.I.Markus T.Cavalieri D.J.Nihashi S.Hirasawa N.
Category 3: Abstract

Antarctic coastal polynyas are important areas of high sea ice production and dense water … formation, and thus their detection including an estimate of thin ice thickness is essential.

Daytime site testing at Dome C: Results of 2003-2004 campaign. EAS Publications Series (Dome C Astronomy and Astrophysics Meeting, Toulouse, July 2004), 2004 (Ref: 12312)
Authors:
Aristidi E.Agabi A.Fossat E.Travouillon T.Azouit M.Vernin J.Ziad A.Martin F.Robuchon G.
Category 3: Conference paper

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.

A review of optical sky brightness and extinction at Dome C, Antarctica. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2006 (Ref: 12300)
Authors:
Kenyon S.L.Storey J.W.V.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The recent discovery of exceptional seeing conditions at Dome C, Antarctica, raises the possibility … of constructing an optical observatory there with unique capabilities. However, little is known from an astronomer’s … perspective about the optical sky brightness and extinction at Antarctic sites.

Comparisons of Southern and Northern Polar Mesospheric Clouds based on Lidar observations. Eos Transactions, 2003 (Ref: 11241)
Authors:
Chu X.Gardner C.S.Espy P.J.Klekociuk A.Thayer J.P.
Category 3: Abstract

Since the first lidar observation of polar mesospheric clouds (PMC) in 1989 by a Na lidar at Andoya, extensive PMC observations have been made by lidars in both the northern and southern hemispheres. The lidar observations provide precise information on PMC altitudes, layer structure…

Photosynthesis of marine macroalgae in ice-covered and ice-free environments in East Antarctica. European Journal of Phycology, 2006 (Ref: 12332)
Authors:
Runcie J.W.Riddle M.A.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Antarctic macroalgae survive extended periods of darkness followed by rapid and extreme increases in irradiance when sea-ice … breaks out in summer. Algae from dark, ice-covered locations had low values of saturating irradiance (Ek: 4–19 mmol photons … m2 s1)…

First measurements of the infrared sky brightness at Dome C, Antarctica. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2005 (Ref: 12302)
Authors:
Walden V.P.Town M.S.Halter B.Storey J.W.V.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Dome C, Antarctica (75 S, 123 E; 3250 meters) is one of the coldest and driestlocations on Earth, with exceptionally low winds throughout the atmosphere. It therefore has the potential to be an ideal site for astronomical observations.

AFOS: Probing the UV-visible potential of the Antarctic Plateau. SPIE, 2004 (Ref: 11902)
Authors:
Dempsey J.T.Storey J.W.V.Ashley M.C.B.Burton M.G.Calisse P.G.Jarnyk M.
Category 3: Conference paper

The Antarctic Fibre-Optic Spectrometer (AFOS) is a 30cm Newtonian optical telescope that injects light through … six 30m long optical ¯bres onto a 240¡850nm spectrograph with a 1024 x 256 pixel CCD camera.

Auroral Contribution to Sky Brightness for Optical Astronomy on the Antarctic Plateau. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 2005 (Ref: 11896)
Authors:
Dempsey J.T.Storey J.W.V.Phillips A.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

First measurements of the infrared sky brightness at Dome Concordia, Antarctica. Mem. S.A.It., 2002 (Ref: 11271)
Authors:
Walden V.P.Storey J.W.V.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Science goals for Antarctic infrared telescopes Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 2001 (Ref: 10449)
Authors:
Burton M.G.Storey J.W.V.Ashley M.C.B.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Over the past few years, site-testing at the South Pole has revealed … conditions that are uniquely favorable for infrared astronomy. In … particular…

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