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The rate and extent of global biodiversity change is surpassing our ability to measure, monitor and forecast trends. We propose an interconnected worldwide system of observation networks — a global biodiversity observing system (GBiOS)…
We present Bedmap3, the latest suite of gridded products describing surface elevation, ice-thickness and the seafloor and subglacial bed elevation of the Antarctic south of 60?°S. Bedmap3 incorporates and adds to all post-1950s datasets previously used for Bedmap2…
One of the key components of this research has been the mapping of Antarctic bed topography and ice thickness parameters that are crucial for modelling ice flow and hence for predicting future ice loss and the ensuing sea level rise. Supported by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)…
Site testing data provides an essential part of the justi¯cation … for funding any new astronomical facility by de¯ning the technological … design and determining the telescope performance, thus allowing the … scienti¯c objectives to be prioritised.
The Phase A design study of PILOT|the Pathnder for an … International Large Optical Telescope|has demonstrated that a wide- … eld 2.5 m optical/IR telescope can be constructed at Concordia for a … reasonable cost. There are no technical \show stoppers"…
PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope) is a proposed 2.5-m optical/ … infrared telescope to be located at Dome C on the Antarctic plateau. Conditions at Dome C are known to … be exceptional for astronomy. The seeing (above ¡30m height), coherence time…
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…
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.
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…
We used a Rayleigh lidar located at Davis station, East Antarctica, to compare Polar … Mesospheric Cloud (PMC) and stratospheric gravity wave (GW) strengths in the … austral summer 2005–2006.
The operating principle of atmospheric Rayleigh LIDAR (light … detection and ranging) systems is that the range-corrected return backscatter … signal is directly related to atmospheric density.
The process of marking otherwise indistinguishable animals … as individuals (and following them through subsequent … phases of their lives) has been central to numerous advances … in animal ecology, management, and conservation (Caughley … and Gunn 1996). Indeed…
Prior to environmental legislation in the 1980s, anthropogenic waste in Antarctica was often deposited into … landfill sites or into the sea. This resulted in metal contamination in terrestrial and near-shore marine … environments. In this study…