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Dome A site testing and future plans Proceedings of the 3rd ARENA Conference, EAS Publications Series, 2010 (Ref: 14028)
Authors:
Gong X.Wang L.Cui X.Feng L.Yuan X.Ashley M.C.B.Allen G.Bonner C.S.Bradley S.G.Everett J.R.Hengst S.Hu J.Jiang Z.Kulesa C.A.Lawrence J.S.Li Y.Luong-Van D.M.McCaughrean M.J.Moore A.M.Pennypacker C.Qin W.Riddle R.Shang Z.Storey J.W.V.Sun B.Suntzeff N.Tothill N.F.H.Travouillon T.Walker C.K.Yan J.Yang H.Yang J.York D.G.Zhang X.Zhang Z.Zhou X.Zhu Z.
Category 3: Conference paper

In January 2005, members of a Chinese expedition team … were the first humans to visit Dome A on the Antarctic plateau, a site … predicted to be one of the very best astronomical sites on earth. In 2006, the Chinese Center for Antarctic Astronomy (CCAA)…

PLATO - A robotic observatory for the Antarctic plateau Proceedings of the 3rd ARENA Conference, EAS Publications Series, 2010 (Ref: 14026)
Authors:
Ashley M.C.B.Allen G.Bonner C.S.Bradley S.G.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.M.McCaughrean M.J.Moore A.M.Pennypacker C.Qin W.Riddle R.Shang Z.Storey J.W.V.Sun B.Suntzeff N.Tothill N.F.H.Travouillon T.Walker C.K.Wang L.Yan J.Yang H.Yang J.York D.Yuan X.Zhang X.Zhang Z.Zhou X.Zhu Z.
Category 3: Conference paper

PLATO is a fully-robotic observatory designed for operation … in Antarctica. It generates its own electricity (about 1kW), heat … (sufficient to keep two 10-foot shipping containers comfortably above … 0◦C when the outside temperature is at −70◦C)…

THz astrophysics from Dome A Proceedings of the 3rd ARENA Conference, EAS Publications Series, 2010 (Ref: 14024)
Authors:
Tothill N.F.H.Kulesa C.A.Walker C.K.Yang J.Ashley M.C.B.Lawrence J.S.Luong-Van D.Storey J.W.V.Yang H.Zhou X.Zhu Z.Bardin J.Cui X.Everett J.Feng L.Golish D.Gong X.Hu J.Jacobs K.Jiang Z.Jones G.Li Y.Martin C.L.McCaughrean M.J.Qin W.Schein M.Shang Z.Siegel P.Sun B.Walsh W.Wang L.Weinreb S.Xu Z.Yan J.Yuan X.Zhang X-G.
Category 3: Conference paper

The THz spectral region includes a number of important … transitions which allow us to trace the evolution of the interstellar … medium. Because of the opacity of the atmosphere in this spectral … range, the best sites for ground-based THz observations are on the … Antarctic Plateau; of these sites…

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.

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