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How can we understand the Antarctic atmosphere? Proceedings of the Optical Turbulence Characterization for Astronomical Applications:, 2009 (Ref: 14019)
Authors:
Storey J.W.V.Ashley M.C.B.Lawrence J.S.
Category 3: Conference paper

The Antarctic Plateau offers many benefits to astronomers, including dark and … transparent infrared skies, long periods of uninterrupted observations, and very low levels … of atmospheric turbulence. Efforts to quantify these benefits are ongoing.

Climate forcings and variability during the last 2 ka. International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences First Open Science Conference, 1-5 October 2012, Presqu’île de Giens, Côte d’Azur, France, 2012 (Ref: 15035)
Authors:
van Ommen T.D.Antarctica2k/IPICS2k team
Category 3: Verbal presentation

Antarctic ice core records offer a key resource for understanding late Holocene climate … in the high latitude Southern Hemisphere, and potentially beyond.

Ground-Based Doppler Mapping of Thermospheric Wind and Temperature Fields with Very High Spatial Resolution. CEDAR_GEM Joint Workshop, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, 26 June - 1 July 2011, 2011 (Ref: 14895)
Authors:
Conde M.Anderson C.Davies T.Dyson P.Kosch M.
Category 3: Conference paper

All-sky imaging Fabry-Perot spectrometers can provide two dimensional maps of thermospheric wind and temperature fields over a circular region spanning around 1400 km in diameter at F-region heights, or about half this in the E-region.

Lead isotopic signatures in Antarctic marine sediment cores: A comparison between 1 M HC1 partial extraction and HF total digestion pre-treatments for discerning anthropogenic inputs Science of the Total Environment, 2009 (Ref: 13927)
Authors:
Townsend A.T.Snape I.Palmer A.S.Seen A.J.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Sensitive analytical techniques are typically required when dealing with samples from Antarctica as even … low concentrations of contaminants can have detrimental environmental effects. Magnetic Sector ICP-MS is … an ideal technique for environmental assessment as it offers high sensitivity…

Perfluorinated Compounds in the Remote Antarctic Region: Will the Antarctic Circumpolar Current System Offer Prolonged Protection? 15th International Symposium on Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms (PRIMO 15), 17-20 May 2009, Bordeaux, France, 2009 (Ref: 14646)
Authors:
Bengtson Nash S.M.Rintoul S.R.Kawaguchi S.Staniland I.van den Hoff J.Tierney M.Bossi R.
Category 3: Verbal presentation

Perfluorinated Compounds in the Remote Antarctic Region: Will the Antarctic Circumpolar Current System Offer Prolonged Protection? Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Europe, 17-20 May 2009, Göteborg, Sweden, 2009 (Ref: 14645)
Authors:
Bengtson Nash S.M.Rintoul S.R.Kawaguchi S.Staniland I.van den Hoff J.Tierney M.Bossi R.
Category 3: Conference paper

High resolution Antarctic ice core records and Australian climate 1st Australasian 2k PAGES Regional Workshop: Towards Data Synthesis. Melbourne. May 31-June 2., 2010 (Ref: 14182)
Authors:
van Ommen T.D.Curran M.Moy A.Vance T.Frankel B.Newlands D.Morgan V.
Category 3: Verbal presentation

Ice cores from coastal East Antarctica provide highly resolved records that capture seasonal variations … in a wide range of climate proxies.

Comparison of OH and O2 rotational temperatures with SABER and SCIAMACHY temperatures in the context of the first NDMC measurement campaign EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 02 – 07 May 2010, 2010 (Ref: 14035)
Authors:
Wildner S.Schmidt C.Höppner K.Bittner M.von Savigny C.Russel III J.M.French J.Scheer J.Reisin E.Ammosov P.Gavrilyeva G.Knieling P.Koppmann R.Offermann D.López-González M.J.Semenov A.Steinbrecht W.
Category 3: Abstract

The Network for the Detection of Mesopause Change (NDMC) is a global program with the mission to promote international cooperation among research groups investigating the mesopause region (80-100km) with the goal of early identification of changing climate signals. From September 01 to October 31…

Analysis of planetary wave activity in mesopause OH* temperature fluctuations at different measurement stations during the first NDMC Campaign in September/October 2009 EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 02 – 07 May 2010, 2010 (Ref: 14034)
Authors:
Höppner K.Bittner M.Schmidt C.Ammosov P.French J.Knieling P.Koppmann R.Offermann D.López-González M.J.Scheer J.Semenov A.Steinbrecht W.
Category 3: Abstract

The Network for the Detection of Mesopause Change (NDMC) is a global program with the mission to promote international cooperation among research groups investigating the mesopause region (80-100 km) with the goal of early identification of changing climate signals.

Astronomy and Astrophysics from Antarctica AAPPS Bulletin, 2009 (Ref: 14027)
Authors:
Storey J.W.V.
Category 3: Article

The Antarctic plateau is a new frontier for … astronomy, offering superior observing … conditions to those of any other groundbased … site across most of the electromagnetic … spectrum.

PLATO Power - a robust, low environmental impact power generation system for the Antarctic plateau Proceedings of SPIE 7012, 70124E1-10, 2008 (Ref: 13764)
Authors:
Hengst S.Allen G.R.Ashley M.C.B.Everett J.R.Lawrence J.S.Luong-Van D.Storey J.W.V.
Category 3: Conference paper

PLATO (PLATeau Observatory) is the third-generation astronomical site-testing laboratory designed by the University … of New South Wales. This facility is operating autonomously to collect both scientific and site-testing data from … Dome A, the highest point on the Antarctic plateau…

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.

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…

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.

Blood fatty acids indicate inter- and intra-annual variation in the diet of Adélie penguins: Comparison with stomach content and stable isotope analysis Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2008 (Ref: 13745)
Authors:
Tierney M.Nichols P.D.Wheatley K.E.Hindell M.A.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) diet is an important indicator of prevailing environmental conditions and … resource availability. In this study, dietary variation within and between years was studied with fatty acid … signature analysis (FASA), stomach content analysis (SCA)…

Phantom hitch-hikers mislead estimates of genetic variation in Antarctic mosses Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2007 (Ref: 13611)
Authors:
Stevens M.I.Hunger S.A.Hills S.F.K.Gemmill C.E.C.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Previous studies of Antarctic mosses … employing RAPDs have reported extraordinarily … high levels of genetic variation, even within a single … clump of moss. This is unexpected given their … extreme isolation in Antarctica and lack of sexual … reproduction. We offer an alternative explanation:

Variations in global cloud cover and the fair-weather vertical electric field Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 2008 (Ref: 13530)
Authors:
Kniveton D.R.Tinsley B.A.Burns G.B.Bering E.A.Troshichev O.A.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Statistically significant (at the 95% significance level) changes in daily cloud cover are … found to occur globally over land coincident with extreme increases in ‘fair-weather’ … measurements of vertical electric field (Ez) measured at Vostok, Antarctica.

Bacterial exopolysaccharides from extreme marine environments with special consideration of the Southern Ocean, sea ice and hydrothermal vents: A review Marine Biotechnology, 2005 (Ref: 13518)
Authors:
Mancuso Nichols C.A.Guézennec J.Bowman J.P.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Exopolysaccharides (EPSs) are high molecular weight … carbohydrate polymers that make up a substantial … component of the extracellular polymers surrounding … most microbial cells in the marine environment.

Cell wall-bound UV-screening compounds explain the high UV tolerance of the Antarctic moss, Ceratodon purpureus American Society of Plant Biologists Annual Meeting, Merida, Mexico 26th June - 1st July 2008, 2008 (Ref: 13514)
Authors:
Clarke L.J.Robinson S.A.Chobot V.
Category 3: Abstract

Ozone depletion has resulted in large increases in springtime ultraviolet-B radiation (UV) over Antarctic plants since the 1970s. Studies of UV induced DNA damage in three Antarctic moss species have shown Ceratodon purpureus to be the most UV-tolerant…

Cell wall-bound ultraviolet-screening compounds explain the high ultraviolet tolerance of the Antarctic moss, Ceratodon purpureus New Phytologist, 2008 (Ref: 13488)
Authors:
Clarke L.J.Robinson S.A.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Summary … • Studies of ultraviolet (UV) light-induced DNA damage in three Antarctic moss … species have shown Ceratodon purpureus to be the most UV tolerant, despite … containing lower concentrations of methanol-soluble UV-screening compounds … than the co-occurring Bryum pseudotriquetrum.

Probing past climate variability in the Australian region using Antarctic ice cores "Greenhouse 2007: The Latest in Science and Technology". October 2-5, 2007, CSIRO, Sydney. Abstracts volume, 2007 (Ref: 13388)
Authors:
van Ommen T.Morgan V.Curran M.
Category 3: Abstract

Ice cores from Law Dome, in coastal East Antarctica, provide climate records that have strong connections to … the Southern Ocean and mid-latitude climate in the … Australian region. The overall climate history available from … Law Dome extends back for tens of millennia…

Exoplanet detection from Dome C, Antarctica: opportunities and challenges IAU Colloquium 200, Direct Imaging of Exoplanets: Science and Techniques, Nice, France, 2006 (Ref: 12895)
Authors:
Lawrence J.S.Ashley M.C.B.Burton M.G.Storey J.W.V.
Category 3: Conference paper

Many methods have been proposed for the detection of exoplanets. The minimum … detectable planetary size and mass, and the maximum distance from us at which exoplanets are … observable, are determined by both technological and environmental constraints.

Atmospheric scintillation at Dome C, Antarctica: implications for photometry and astrometry Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2006 (Ref: 12858)
Authors:
Kenyon S.L.Lawrence J.S.Ashley M.C.B.Storey J.W.V.Tokovinin A.Fossat E.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

We present low-resolution turbulence pro les of the atmosphere above Dome C, Antarctica, measured with the MASS instrument during 25 nights in March { May 2004. Except for the … lowest layer, Dome C has signi cantly less turbulence than Cerro Tololo and Cerro Pachon. In … particular…

Analog conversion for FPGA implementation of the TIGER transmitter using a 14 bit DAC Proceedings of the Second IEEE International Workshop on Electronic Design Test and Applications, 2004 (Ref: 13007)
Authors:
Salim T.Devlin J.Whittington J.
Category 3: Conference paper

FPGA is a potential medium for DSP implementation of direct conversion transmitters and receivers. However analog interface cannot be ruled out since amplification and other tasks are still in the analog domain. In a previous work…

Wideband radars for sea ice and snow thickness measurements International Workshop on Antarctic Sea Ice Thickness, Program and Abstracts, Hobart, Australia 5-7 July 2006, 2006 (Ref: 12965)
Authors:
Gogineni S.Kanagaratnam P.Holt B.Markus T.Lytle V.
Category 3: Abstract

Thicknesses of sea ice and snow are key variables in ice-ocean-atmosphere interactions. Sea ice insulates the warm ocean from polar air and controls the heat exchange, which is … determined by its thickness. Also, sea ice thicknesses, together with sea ice extent…

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