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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…

Pathfinder for an international large optical telescope. EAS Publications Series (Dome C Astronomy and Astrophysics Meeting, Toulouse, July 2004), 2004 (Ref: 12316)
Authors:
Lawrence J.S.Burton M.G.Ashley M.C.B.Storey J.W.V.
Category 3: Conference paper

PILOT (Pathfnder for an International Large Optical Tele- … scope) is a proposed 2 m class optical/infrared telescope to be sited … at Dome C on the Antarctic plateau. Recent site testing results from … Dome C have shown remarkable ground level seeing, a large isoplanatic … angle…

ASO: An antarctic submillimeter observatory. EAS Publications Series (Dome C Astronomy and Astrophysics Meeting, Toulouse, July 2004), 2005 (Ref: 12310)
Authors:
Olmi L.Pelosi G.Piccirillo L.Saraceno P.Sironi G.Storey J.W.V.
Category 3: Conference paper

MASS seeing measurements from Dome C. EAS Publications Series (Dome C Astronomy and Astrophysics Meeting, Toulouse, July 2004), 2004 (Ref: 12313)
Authors:
Ashley M.C.B.Lawrence J.S.Storey J.W.V.Tokovinin A.
Category 3: Conference paper

Beyond Dome C. 25th meeting of the International Astronomical Union, Special Session 2, 18 July 2003. Sydney, Australia, Highlights of Astronomy, ASP Conference Series., 2003 (Ref: 11283)
Authors:
Storey J.W.Ashley M.C.Burton M.G.
Category 3: Conference paper

Automated site testing from Antarctica. EAS Publications Series (Dome C Astronomy and Astrophysics Meeting, Toulouse, July 2004), 2004 (Ref: 12311)
Authors:
Storey J.W.V.Ashley M.C.B.Burton M.G.Lawrence J.S.
Category 3: Conference paper

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.

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.

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.

Astronomy from Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 2005 (Ref: 12301)
Authors:
Storey J.W.V.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Astronomers have always sought the very best locations for their telescopes. From … observatories in city centres, astronomers moved first to nearby mountain tops, then to … remote sites in distant countries, to aircraft, and into space.

A remote, autonomous laboratory for Antarctica with hybrid power generation. Australian Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, 2005 (Ref: 12298)
Authors:
Lawrence J.S.Ashley M.C.B.Storey J.W.V.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The AASTINO (Automated Astrophysical Site Testing INternational Observatory) is a remote … laboratory that has been operating at Dome C station on the Antarctic plateau since January 2003. It … is designed to run throughout the Antarctic winter without intervention…

Science programs for a 2-m class telescope at Dome C, Antarctica: PILOT, the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 2005 (Ref: 12299)
Authors:
Burton M.G.Lawrence J.S.Ashley M.C.B.Bailey J.A.Blake C.Bedding T.R.Bland-Hawthorn J.Bond I.A.Glazebrook K.Hidas M.G.Lewis G.Longmore S.N.Maddison S.T.Mattila S.Minier V.Ryder S.D.Sharp R.Smith C.H.Storey J.W.V.Tinney C.G.Tuthill P.Walsh A.J.Walsh W.Whiting M.Wong T.Woods D.Yock P.C.M.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The Antarctic Plateau Interferometer. BAAS, American Astronomical Society Meeting 205#181.03, 2004 (Ref: 11905)
Authors:
Lloyd J.P.Swain M.van Belle G.T.Coude du Foresto V.Walker C.K.Traub W.A.Storey J.W.V.
Category 3: Conference paper

The Antarctic Plateau Interferometer (API) is an instrument concept capable of extensive unique discovery space science in a variety of areas including exoplanets, accretion, YSO's, and AGNs. To study exoplanets in the habitable zone, API would use three 2 meter class telescopes…

ASO: an Antarctic Submillimeter Observatory. Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana Supplement, 2004 (Ref: 11904)
Authors:
Olmi L.Pelosi G.Piccirillo L.Saraceno P.Sironi G.Storey J.W.V.
Category 3: Conference paper

Abstract. Due to the typical high atmospheric noise and low opacity, submillimeter observations … can be carried out only from sites with very high atmospheric stability and very … low precipitable water vapour content.

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.

A robotic instrument for measuring high altitude atmospheric turbulence. SPIE, 2004 (Ref: 11901)
Authors:
Lawrence J.S.Ashley M.C.B.Kenyon S.Storey J.W.V.Tokovinin A.Lloyd J.P.Swain M.
Category 3: Conference paper

To properly characterize the atmospheric properties of a site for a future large telescope or interferometer, it is insufficient to … measure quantities, such as the full-width at half-maximum of a stellar image, that have been integrated over the entire … atmosphere.

Antarctica: the potential for interferometry. SPIE, 2004 (Ref: 11900)
Authors:
Storey J.W.V.
Category 3: Conference paper

The perfect site for astronomical interferometry would be one where the wind speeds throughout the atmosphere were … very low, there was little atmospheric turbulence (especially at high altitudes), the seismic activity was negligible and … the climate very stable. Perhaps surprisingly…

Extrasolar Planet Science with the Antarctic Planet Interferometer. Techniques and instrumentation for the detection of exoplanets, SPIE, 2004 (Ref: 11899)
Authors:
Lloyd J.P.Lane B.F.Swain M.R.Storey J.W.Travouillon T.Traub W.A.Walker C.K.
Category 3: Conference paper

The primary limitation to ground based astronomy is the Earth's atmosphere. The atmosphere above the … Antarctic plateau is fundamentally di erent in many regards compared to the atmosphere at temperate sites. The … extreme altitude…

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

An analysis of temperatures and wind speeds above Dome C, Antarctica. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2005 (Ref: 11894)
Authors:
Aristidi E.Agabi K.Azouit M.Fossat E.Vernin J.Travouillon T.Lawrence J.S.Meyer C.Storey J.W.V.Halter B.Roth W.L.Walden V.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Abstract. A good astronomical site must fulfill several criteria including low atmospheric turbulence and low wind speeds. is therefore important to have a detailed knowledge of the temperature and wind conditions of a location considered for future … astronomical research.

Robotic telescopes on the Antarctic plateau. Astronomische Nachrichten, 2004 (Ref: 11892)
Authors:
Ashley M.C.B.Burton M.G.Lawrence J.S.Storey J.W.V.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Abstract. The high plateau that covers half of the continent of Antarctica contains the best astronomical observing sites … on Earth. The infrared sky background is low, the precipitable water vapour is low, the sub-millimetre sky opacity is low, the winds are low…

Submillimeter Site testing at Dome C, Antarctica. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 2004 (Ref: 11260)
Authors:
Calisse P.G.Ashley M.C.B.Burton M.G.OPhillips M.A.Storey J.W.V.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Dome C, Antarctica: the best accessible submillimeter site on the planet/ 4th Cologne-Bonn-Zermatt Symposium, Zermatt, 22-26 September 2003., 2004 (Ref: 11272)
Authors:
Storey J.W.V.Calisse P.G.Ashley M.C.B.Burton M.G.Lawrence J.R.
Category 3: Conference paper

The Antarctic Plateau: What it offers as a testbed for space. Proceedings of the Meeting on Darwin, Heidelberg. April 2003., 2003 (Ref: 11263)
Authors:
Storey J.W.V.Ashley M.C.B.Burton M.G.Lawrence J.S.
Category 3: Conference paper

New Submm Site Testing Results from Dome C, Antarctica. 25th meeting of the IAU, Special Session 2, 18 July 2003. Sydney, Australia. Agenda Item, 2003 (Ref: 11284)
Authors:
Calisse P.G.Ashley M.C.Burton M.G.Lawrence J.R.Phillips M.A.Storey J.W.Peterson J.B.Radford S.H.
Category 3: Abstract

Results of seeing measurements at the South Pole. 25th meeting of the IAU, Special Session 2, 18 July 2003. Sydney, Australia., 2003 (Ref: 11280)
Authors:
Travouillon T.Ashley M.C.Burton M.G.Conroy P.Hovey G.Jarnyk M.Storey J.W.Sutherland R.
Category 3: Abstract

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